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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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Wallflower in Bloom is now available in Trade Paperback
May 21, 2013
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Claire Cook will be at COBB LIBRARY FOUNDATION,@ Atlanta Country Club,500 Atlanta Country Club Drive,Marietta on 05/22 See details
May 20, 2013
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Claire Cook will be at ATLANTA COUNTRY CLUB,500 Atlanta Country Club Drive,Marietta on 05/22 See details
May 20, 2013
Time Flies will be released on June 11, 2013 in Hardcover, eBook Reflowable, eBook
May 17, 2013
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May 15, 2013
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May 14, 2013
Wallflower in Bloom will be released on May 21, 2013 in Trade Paperback
May 13, 2013
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Mar 29, 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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May 04, 2012
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Apr 04, 2012
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Q. What is your motto or maxim? A. Karma is a boomerang. (One of my characters said it first!) Q. Which living person do you most admire? A. It’s a three-way tie between my husband and two kids. Aww. Q. How would you describe perfect happiness? A. Perfectly fleeting. Q. What’s your best quality? A. I can’t do anything halfway. And if that’s cheating, I would say kindness. 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.” Learn more about Claire Cook

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CBS New York, May 15, 2013
...latest is the perfect beach read! For fans of: Jen Lancaster or Emily Giffin WALLFLOWER IN BLOOM By: Claire Cook Photo Credit Simon and Schuster From the bestselling author of Must Love Dogs comes an irresistible novel about one woman’s...
Norcross Patch, April 29, 2013
...West Chapter, contact Pat Bruschini by email . Over 75 attended the event to hear the authors, Wendy Wax, Claire Cook and Cindy Woodsmall tell their stories on how they got their start writing novels and what inspires them to write. The evening...
Gwinnett Daily Post, April 21, 2013
...Three best-selling authors will discuss their books and books in general in terms of past, present and future. Claire Cook's past includes a most moving experience as she loves telling about the first of her ten novels that she penned at age 45 in her...
Northeast Cobb Patch, April 15, 2013
...life’s hardest moments—all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of Downton Abbey. Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs, says, “While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a tribute to the transformative...
Northeast Cobb Patch, April 4, 2013
...life’s hardest moments—all of it reflected in the unfolding drama, comedy, and convergent lives of Downton Abbey. Claire Cook, bestselling author of Must Love Dogs, says, “While We Were Watching Downton Abbey is a tribute to the transformative...
Savannah Morning News, February 15, 2013
...30-2:30 p.m. T.C. Boyle 2:45-3:45 p.m. Richard Paul Evans 4-5 p.m. Claire Cook Telfair Academy, Sculpture Gallery 9-10 a.m. Karen Thompson Walker 10:15-11:15 a.m. Joseph Kanon 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Susanna Sonneberg 1...
Savannah Morning News, February 14, 2013
...30-2:30 p.m. T.C. Boyle 2:45-3:45 p.m. Richard Paul Evans 4-5 p.m. Claire Cook Telfair Academy, Sculpture Gallery 9-10 a.m. Karen Thompson Walker 10:15-11:15 a.m. Joseph Kanon 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Susanna Sonneberg 1:30-2...
This is Gloucestershire, May 22, 2013
...that Mrs Hodgkiss escaped with just minor injuries despite being at the centre of the blast. Ed and Claire Cook had to move out of their home for three months with their three cats, after their home was left needing a new door, windows and work on the...
Westport Now, May 21, 2013
...High School student Corey Werner, Barbara Butler, director of Westport?s Human Services Department, and Weston High School student Claire Cook. The students received Future First Citizen Awards. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com Previous...
Weston Forum, May 19, 2013
...for 2012. Staples High School students, seniors Jacqueline Prager Devine and Corey Werner, and Weston High School senior Claire Cook and junior Matthew Proctor will each receive “Future First Citizen Awards.” The event will include a cocktail...
Weston Forum, May 19, 2013
...for 2012. Staples High School students, seniors Jacqueline Prager Devine and Corey Werner, and Weston High School senior Claire Cook and junior Matthew Proctor will each receive “Future First Citizen Awards.” The event will include a cocktail hour,...
Westport Minuteman, May 19, 2013
...Barbara Butler and Ken Edgar; leaders of the future are Jacqueline Devine and Corey Werner from Staples and Claire Cook and Matthew Proctor from Weston High School. The chamber also runs a holiday Gingerbread House Decorating fundraiser. Thirty people...
West Australian, May 17, 2013
...For Claire Cook, the future has long been when, not if, she will get breast cancer. Mrs Cook was by her mother’s side as she fought the disease for seven years...
West Australian, May 17, 2013
...For Claire Cook, the future has long been when, not if, she will get breast cancer. Mrs Cook was by her mother's side as she fought the disease for seven years...