Claire Gebben was born and raised on the southeast side of Cleveland. After earning her BA in Psychology from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, she eventually settled with her husband in Seattle. She’s worked as a newspaper columnist, newsletter editor, and ghostwriter, all while raising a family and pursuing her first love of writing. In 2011, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing through the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts (NILA) on Whidbey Island, WA. Her writing has appeared in Shark Reef, The Speculative Edge, Soundings Review, The Fine Line, and the January 2015 issue of Family Chronicle genealogy magazine (now called Your Genealogy Today), among other publications. She has been a columnist on writing, reading, and publishing for The Mercer Island Reporter. Her family history memoir How We Survive Here: Families Across Time (Coffetown Press, 2018) was honored as a finalist in the 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
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