Hello. I’m Claire.

I draw pictures for a living, write children’s books, and despise writing About pages. One day I hope I’ll be rich enough to hire someone to do this for me, until then, I must reluctantly soldier on.

Pen Powell Posts is a weekly newsletter about my illustrator–author–adhd human life: drawings I make, things that go well (hurrah - pop the champagne!), things that were meant to go well but instead turned into a freakin’ nightmare (pass the wine), and all the bits in-between (pass the biscuit tin).

What you’ll find here for FREE

• Weekly postcards about my author-illustrator life

• Weekly telegram round-ups of what I’ve drawn in the last 7 days

What you’ll receive for £1 / week:

• Agony ART column

• Online shop discount

• Longer letters about my process

• A peek behind the scenes of publishing

• Conversations with publishing pals

• Access to all video and drawing replays

Where I am geographically and other marginally interesting things…

I live in a small 1800s cottage in Derbyshire with my husband, Stefan, too many woodlice, and our Beddywhippet puppy, Ziggy. I drink far too much tea and have been advised by a medical professional to cut down. I was diagnosed with ADHD at 46, which has been a rollercoaster discovery. When I’m not drawing, I’m thinking I should be and if I’m not doing either of those things, I’m probably reading a book or thinking I should be reading a book.

Welcome to my world.

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