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Claire Cook

Claire Cook
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Claire Cook

Claire Cook wrote her first novel in her minivan when she was forty-five. At fifty, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the film adaptation her second novel, Must Love Dogs, starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. She is the... Read full bio

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Q. What is your motto or maxim?
A. Karma is a boomerang. (One of my characters said it first!)
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Time Flies will be released on June 11, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 11, 2013
Time Flies is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 11, 2013
Wallflower in Bloom will be released on May 21, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 21, 2013
Wallflower in Bloom is now available in Trade Paperback
May 21, 2013
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Dec 21, 2012
Wallflower in Bloom will be released on June 05, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 05, 2012
Wallflower in Bloom is now available in Hardcover, eBook
Jun 05, 2012
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Claire Cook Revealed

Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Karma is a boomerang. (One of my characters said it first!) Q. With whom in history do you most identify? A. P.T. Barnum. I’m a direct descendant, and by the way, he did not say, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” He said, “There’s a customer born every minute.” I have updated that to, “There’s a reader born every minute.” Q. If you could meet any historical character, who would it be and what would you say to him or her? A. I always skip the historical questions, too. Q. Who is your favorite fictional hero? A. Nancy Drew Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. For me, the gift of midlife is that I’m finally being exactly who I really am. There’s great power in that. Learn more about Claire Cook

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Home News Tribune, June 16, 2013
...book) did everyone a favor. And a couple more to pack with your beach blanket: TIME FLIES by Claire Cook (Touchstone, $24.99); its a summer road trip to recapture youths past glories, sort of. BEAUTIFUL DAY by Elin Hilderbrand (Little Brown, $27.99);...
Stratford Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES. TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years as a...
Wicked Local Truro, June 13, 2013
...they used to. I have been drifting back a bit in my memories as I’ve been reading Claire Cook’s latest book, “Time Flies,” the story of a woman going home for her high school reunion. Time does indeed fly, so perhaps all of us, me included,...
Wicked Local Kingston, June 11, 2013
...Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs and now Time Flies will be at the Book Shack, at the Independence Mall, at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 13, to discuss...
Cape Cod Online, June 9, 2013
...about the book at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Falmouth's Museums on the Green, 55 Palmer Ave. Claire Cook reads from and signs "Time Flies" at a "Reinvention Workshop," noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Titcomb's Bookshop, 432 Route 6A, East Sandwich, admission $25; and...
Boston Globe, June 6, 2013
...American Era”) reads at 7 p.m. at the Lexington Depot, 13 Depot Sq., Lexington ($10 tickets) … Claire Cook (“Time Flies”) reads at 7:30 p.m. at the Murray Bathhouse, 204 Nantasket Ave., Hull THURSDAY: John Schwartz (“Oddly Normal: One...
Working Mother, June 5, 2013
...For the nostalgic working mom: Time Flies, by Claire Cook After her husband leaves her for another woman, Melanie embarks on a last-minute road trip to her high school reunion with her best friend. And when an old flame...
Home News Tribune, June 16, 2013
...book) did everyone a favor. And a couple more to pack with your beach blanket: TIME FLIES by Claire Cook (Touchstone, $24.99); its a summer road trip to recapture youths past glories, sort of. BEAUTIFUL DAY by Elin Hilderbrand (Little Brown, $27.99);...
Deer Park-NorthBabylon Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES. TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years as a...
Peekskill-Cortlandt Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES.   TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years...
Wantagh-Seaford Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES.   TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years...
Merrick Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES.   TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years...
Sachem Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES.   TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years...
Port Washington Patch, June 14, 2013
...1:30 p.m. ET to chat live with, New York Times bestselling author of MUST LOVE DOGS, Claire Cook to discuss her latest book, TIME FLIES.   TIME definitely doesn’t FLY for Claire Cook! After a lifetime of fear and procrastination and sixteen years...