Claire van Ryn (Australia)
Claire hails from Tasmania and is an awarded writer, journalist and author whose work explores universal themes of connection, trauma, healing and hope. Her debut novel The Secrets of the Huon Wren (2023) was a bestseller and is set beneath the Great Western Tiers in Tasmania’s heartland where Claire was born and where generations of her mother’s family line have lived since they migrated from England in the 1830s. Claire’s second novel Where The Birds Call Her Name was published in March 2025 and explores Australia’s diverse landscape with a particular focus on family secrets, taxidermy and the seaside township of Stanley.
Instagram: @clairevanryn
