Claire Cook

Claire Cook

Claire Cook in 2015
Born (1955-02-14) February 14, 1955
Alexandria, Virginia
Nationality American
Occupation Author, Speaker, Publisher
Known for Must Love Dogs
Website www.clairecook.com

Claire Cook (born February 14, 1955) is an American writer and public speaker.

Career

Cook taught school for sixteen years. She wrote her first novel (Ready to Fall) when she was 45 years old. Her second novel, Must Love Dogs, was made into a major motion picture starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.[1] In 2014, she started her own publishing company, Marshbury Beach Books. Cook’s first non-fiction book, Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention (Without Getting Lost Along the Way), shares her journey and tips for midlife women reinventing their lives. Her books have been translated into 14 languages.

Education

Cook graduated from Scituate High School (Massachusetts). She was a Newhouse Scholar at Syracuse University, graduating cum laude with a dual major in Film and Creative Writing. She spent her senior year at Harvard University as a visiting student, where she studied fiction with Robert Stuart Fitzgerald, who translated The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Personal

Cook was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Daniel Joseph Cook and Margaret Lavelle Gibson. Her mother met her father when she taught his Business English class at Worcester Business College after they both finished serving in World War II. Cook's mother died suddenly of sepsis days before Cook’s eleventh birthday. Her father worked for The Boston Globe, retiring several years before his death in 1992. Claire Cook is the second oldest, and oldest daughter, of eight siblings.

Cook married Richard (Jake) Jacobucci in 1978. They have two children. Cook and her husband reside in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bibliography

Speaking engagements

References

  1. ↑ Interview with Must Love Dogs Author by Rebecca Murray, July 25, 2005; http://movies.about.com/od/mustlovedogs/a/dogscc072505.htm
  2. ↑ Cape Cod Times by Candace Hammond, July 23, 2015 http://capecodtimes.com/article/20150723/ENTERTAINMENTLIFE/150729656
  3. ↑ AJC Decatur Book Festival Lineup, August 1, 2013; http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/events/festivals/2013-ajc-decatur-book-festival-lineup/nYz9M/
  4. ↑ Emory University Continuing Education Course Catalog; http://ece.emory.edu/catalogDetail.php?CatalogID=557
  5. ↑ Savannah Book Festival, Festival Article, 2013; http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/authors/claire-cook/
  6. ↑ Savannah Magazine Interview, Retrieved July 16, 2015; http://www.savannahmagazine.com/2013/07/03/beach-read/
  7. ↑ SC Book Festival, Festival Schedule, 2015; http://scbookfestival.org/schedule/2015schedule/
  8. ↑ http://www.southcountyhealth.org/SouthCountyHospitalNewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/164/ArticleId/333/9th-Annual-Womens-Wellness-Day-to-be-held-Sept-19-Register-today.aspx
  9. ↑ Q&A: Author Claire Cook shares insights ahead of Women's Wellness Day by Helena Touhey, August 28, 2015; http://www.independentri.com/article_627dc8eb-2eca-5434-8c17-9914e5dff16d.html

External links

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