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Clare Pooley

Clare Pooley
Clare Pooley graduated from Cambridge University, and then spent twenty years in the heady world of advertising before becoming a full-time writer. Her debut novel, The Authenticity Project, was a New York Times bestseller, and has been translated into twenty-nine languages. Iona Iverson’s Rules for Commuting is her second novel. Pooley lives in Fulham, London, with her husband, three children, and two border terriers.


Kill the Pet, Kill the Book’s Rating: The Perils of Writing Dogs in Fiction

Clare Pooley on Reviewers’ Tendency to Punish Novels with Dead Canines
June 12, 2024  By Clare Pooley
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Clare Pooley on Writerly Perseverance and Knowing When To Give Up

“You must never give up on writing itself. But sometimes you need to give up on what you’re writing.”
June 27, 2022  By Clare Pooley
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Writing About My Alcohol Addiction Helped Treat It

Clare Pooley on Writing Her Way Up From Rock Bottom
February 26, 2020  By Clare Pooley
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