Claire Markette is the author of Dances With Destiny, a creative non-fiction collection of eleven personal essays. She has also written a suspense novel, Dark Orchids, under her name Zana Etter. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and son, and is active in local library writing groups. She is a member of Liberty States Fiction Writers and Women's Fiction Writers Association. In her previous life she was a medical librarian and ESL teacher. Her educational credentials include a BA degree in French and two masters degrees from Rutgers University. Claire also completed French courses at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Claire Markette is the author of Dances With Destiny, a creative non-fiction collection of eleven personal essays. She has also written a suspense novel, Dark Orchids, under her name Zana Etter. She resides in New Jersey with her husband and son, and is active in local library writing groups. She is a member of Liberty States Fiction Writers and Women's Fiction Writers Association. In her previous life she was a medical librarian and ESL...
This collection of eleven brief, sensitively written vignettes highlight the experiences and romantic relationships which allowed the author to gain perspective and mature. Using a ballet motif, she sketches events and memorable characters from her various pas de deux, prompting readers to ask if our actions determine our destiny, or if we all...
Paul Brennan, a journalist working for the US State Department, is drawn into the dangerous world of South American drug smuggling when he meets the wife of a wealthy head of a drug cartel. Captivated by the seductive but tormented Gabriella, he is ordered to travel to Colombia by Mango, his State Dept. contact, who leads him into a world of...
I enjoyed the annual Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference on April 11 and spoke to two editors to pitch my novel. The workshops on Agent Queries, Revision Tools and Using...
I will be attending the Liberty States Fiction Writers Conference on April 11 in New Jersey and will meet with an editor and agent to pitch my unpublished novel Sophia’s...
Dark Orchids, my suspense novel, will be available on Kobo at a lower price from August 1-15. If you haven't read it yet and like a fast-paced adventure/romance set in South America, get your copy soon!
I recently attended the two day conference in New Brunswick, New Jersey and heard many interesting presentations. I also met with a literary agent from Sanford J. Greenburger Associates and was invited to send her pages of my novel on Query Tracker. Wish me luck!
As part of the online WFWA Move You and Your Story Forward Conference June 14-15, I listened to interesting presentations on Saturday and had a 10 minute pitch session online with an agent from Talcott Notch Literary Services. Nadia Lynch was pleasant and easy to converse with, and asked for 50 pages of my novel along with query and. synopsis. Wish me luck!
