Clare Pollard

Clare Pollard is an author, playwright and poet. Her sixth collection of poetry Lives of the Female Poets, published in 2025. She has also written a new translation of Ovid's Heroines, which she toured as a one-woman show. Clare's other publications include a play, The Weather, that premiered at the Royal Court Theatre, two adult novels and a non-fiction title, Fierce Bad Rabbits: The Tales Behind Children's Picture Books. Her debut children's novel was The Untameables (The Emma Press, 2024).