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Clara Ward

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Science Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult

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Clara Ward lives in Silicon Valley on the border between reality and speculative fiction. Their latest novel, Be the Sea, features a near-future ocean voyage, chosen family, and sea creature perspectives, while delving into our ocean, our selves, and how all futures intertwine.

Their short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons, Decoded Pride, Small Wonders, and as a postcard from Thinking Ink Press. When not using words to teach or tell stories, Clara uses wood, fiber, and glass to make practical or completely impractical objects.

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Gifts for you on Be the Sea‘s book birthday!

Coupon code BETHESEA gives you 20% off an entire order from https://www.atthisarts.com/ (where there are many strange and lovely books available, in addition to an exclusive hardcover edition of Be the Sea!). Each order with code BETHESEA also ships with a postcard from Minerva Cerridwen’s Sea Creature collection! https://www.atthisarts.com/product/be...
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Average rating: 4.19 · 85 ratings · 46 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Be the Sea 3.86 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Neurodiversiverse: Alien Encounters by Anthony Francis (Goodreads Author) (editor), Liza Olmsted (Goodreads Author) (editor), Tobias S. Buckell (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2024 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decoded Pride Issue #1 by Sarah Century, Clara Ward (Goodreads Author) (contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Color of Fear 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Arcanist, Year Two by Josh Hrala (Editor), Andie Fullmer (Editor), Patrick Morris (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Touch really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Desert Spirals (Uncertain Ground, #1) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Island Auras (Uncertain Ground, #2) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Turning Tides (Uncertain Ground, #3) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2017 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Small Wonders Magazine Issue 8 by Aidan Doyle (Goodreads Author), Stephen Granade (editor), J. Kosakowski 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Clara Ward wrote a new blog post Gifts for you on Be the Sea‘s book birthday! Coupon code BETHESEA gives you 20% off an entire order from https://www.atthisarts.com/ (where there are many strange and lovely books available, in a Read more of this blog post »
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Clara Ward rated a book it was amazing Someone You Can Build a Nest In by John Wiswell (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Clara Ward and 6 other people liked Minerva's review of Someone You Can Build a Nest In: "This book was recommended to me several times at Worldcon 2024 as a great example of cosy horror. It may seem strange to call something "cosy" when it contains gore and body horror and abusive relationships, and yet Someone You Can Build a Nest In hi" Read more of this review »
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Clara Ward liked Rachel Rothberg's status update Rachel Rothberg is starting The Thirty Names of Night: first sentence has me HOOKED "tonight, five years to the day since I lost you, forty-eight white-throated sparrows fell from the sky."
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Clara Ward rated a book it was amazing Any Other City by Hazel Jane Plante	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Clara Ward and 8 other people liked Tina's review of Any Other City: "March 11, 2023: I absolutely loved ANY OTHER CITY by Hazel Jane Plante! I loved the unique format of this novel! It’s a fictional memoir about a trans femme musician Tracy St. Cyr told in two parts Side A and Side B like a cassette tape. I loved how H" Read more of this review »
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Clara Ward rated a book really liked it Road to Ruin (Magebike Courier, #1) by Hana Lee (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Clara Ward is now following Dani Finn Author of The World Within
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Clara Ward rated a book it was amazing The Thirty Names of Night by Zeyn Joukhadar (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Clara Ward rated a book it was amazing The Factory by Ihor Mysiak	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rather than slice-of-life, The Factory is more like cupcakes-of-life. Within a very small town centered around a fictional factory in Ukraine, the uniqueness of each person and situation is presented in beautiful language, but matter-of-factly. From ...more
Feb 09, 2025 10:12AM · 1 like · like · see review

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“If our own government might be as dangerous as terrorists, then our greatest safety comes from watching out for each other, for all kinds of each other.”
― Clara Ward, The Color of Fear

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“Each person, typ or not, spoke a personal language, and he saw how he could borrow from each one.”
― Clara Ward

tags: diversity

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