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Claire Holroyde

I am a creative director, writer, and storyteller living in the Philadelphia metro area. THE EFFORT is my first novel.

My short fiction

“Joint Readiness” first published as part of a web series by Akashic Books

“Zeitgeist” first published on transatlantic webzine The Bees Are Dead

“The Unexamined Life” an interactive narrative in collaboration with designer Levi Hammett, who is the best visual designer I’ve had the luck of knowing personally. The project was first featured in Born Magazine and later in a group exhibition & DVD catalogue of Festival de Arte Digital, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Books I am reading

What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
The Gone World by Tom Sweterlitsch
Where the Axe is Buried by Ray Nayler
Under the Skin by Michel Faber
Wool, Shift, & Dust by Hugh Howey
Playground by Richard Powers
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

Shows I am watching

Foundation on Apple TV+
Sandman on Netflix
Andor on Disney
Task on HBO
The Bear on Hulu
Severance on Apple TV+
The Pitt on Max
Silo on Apple TV+
Squid Games S3 on Netflix
Paradise on Hulu
Dune: Prophecy on HBO
KAOS on Netflix
The Diplomat on Netflix
Hacks on Max
Tokyo Vice on Max
The Boys on Prime
Fallout on Prime
For All Mankind on Apple+
What We Do in the Shadows on FX
The Peripheral on Amazon
Station Eleven on HBO Max
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO

Movies I am watching

Conclave

Flow

Monkey Man

The Platform

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Civil War

Bones and All

Screenplays I am reading

Conclave

Zone of Interest

Inglorious Basterds

Social Media

Catch me on Instagram!