Claire C. Holland
Hello! I'm Claire, an Elgin Award-nominated poet and writer from Philadelphia, currently living in Los Angeles. My book of poetry, I Am Not Your Final Girl, is available on Amazon, and my poems and essays have been featured in numerous outlets (see my author website for links to all my writing). I also write about sex, queerness, culture, and health at https://www.LAJayne.com, and I discuss romance novels and sexuality on the Sexy Books Podcast: https://sexybookspodcast.podbean.com/
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I write for the wildly popular NoSleep Podcast and various other horror fiction audio dramas. My traditionally published debut FULL IMMERSION is out from Angry Robot in September 2022.
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