CLAIRE HATCHER-SMITH is a speech language pathologist who has worked with children with Down syndrome for thirty-five years. Her writing has previously been longlisted in the Mslexia Children's Novel Competition and earned her a selective place on Curtis Brown Creative's Writing YA and Children's Fiction course. Originally from Kent in the UK, she currently lives on Vancouver Island, with her husband, fourteen-year-old son, and a Korean rescue dog. A Skeleton in the Closet is her debut novel.
