Claire Gruzelier was born and grew up in Auckland, New Zealand. She came to England to study at Oxford, where she met her husband. Claire has previously published two books, a translation of John Milton’s Defence of the People of England, for Milton: Political Writings, ed. Martin Dzelzainis (CUP 1991) and Claudian: De Raptu Proserpinae (OUP 1994). She admires the way in which puppets can be used both outside and within the theatrical realm. Claire and her husband have two daughters and they live in Birmingham, where Claire teaches Latin and Greek.
