Biography

Claire works as a writer, story editor and producer. She has written several movies, including Love at Look Lodge (aka Falling for Look Lodge (Neshama/Marvista for Hallmark), Cupids on Beacon Street (Incendo for City TV) and the story for Ice Wine Christmas (Lifetime).

Claire was an Executive Producer and writer for the comedy Zarqa on CBC Gem, and Supervising Producer for Nickelodeon's Make It Pop, writing many of the show's episodes. Claire's other television writing credits include Little Mosque on the Prairie, Degrassi: The Next Generation for which Claire earned The Alliance for Children and Television Award for Excellence, The Smart Woman Survival Guide for W and Cosmo TV, and Wingin' It, earning Claire a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children's/Youth Program. She has written dozens of episodes of kids' tv, both live action and animated.

Claire's first novel, At Last Count, was released by Invisible Publishing in June, 2022, and is available at bookstores around the world. At Last Count was named a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2022, a summer reads pick by the Toronto Star, a CanLit book club pick by Zoomer magazine, and an Editors' Pick by 49th Shelf. It is also available as an e-book and audio-book.
- IMDb mini biography by: Claire Ross Dunn