Regi Claire

Born in Switzerland, now Edinburgh

Regi Claire

Edinburgh-based author was born and raised in Switzerland. She studied English and German at Zurich University and the University of Aberdeen, before starting her Pd.D. in Zurich. In 1993 she moved to Edinburgh after meeting and marrying the Scottish poet Ron Butlin.

She first wrote in German, but switched to English when moving to Scotland. She is the winner of the Edinburgh Review Tenth Anniversary Short Story Competition; her works include the novel The Beauty Room and the short story collection Inside~Outside. Claire is a creative writing tutor at the National Galleries of Scotland. Her second collection, Fighting It, was published in June 2009, and she is currently working on a second novel.

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    Each of the stories in 'Fighting It' illustrates an aspect of the title phrase: they focus on people struggling with their individual lives and destinies.

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