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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

Playground by Richard Powers
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder
The Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
The Land of Milk and Honey by C Pam Zhang
North Woods by Daniel Mason
The Future by Naomi Alderman
Wool by Hugh Howey
The Peripheral by William Gibson
Ministry of the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson
The Mission by David W. Brown
The New Wilderness by Diane Cook
Appleseed by Matt Bell
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Blowing Up Russia by Yuri Felshtinsky

Shows I am watching

Silo on Apple TV+
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+
Slow Horses on Apple TV+
Foundation on Apple TV+
Silo on Apple TV+
Sens8 on Netflix
The Bear on Hulu
What We Do in the Shadows on FX
The Last of Us on HBO
The Peripheral on Amazon
Reservation Dogs on Hulu
Severance on Apple TV+
Station Eleven on HBO Max
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO

Movies I am watching

Civil War

Monkey Man

Harper & Will

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Bones and All

Social Media

Catch me on Instagram and Twitter!