Claire McNab wrote over 50 books and was known in her native Australia for crime fiction, children’s novels, picture books, self-help, and English textbooks. Her first mystery, Lessons in Murder, was published by The Naiad Press in the U.S. in 1988. Claire was the author of three lesbian mystery series featuring Inspector Carol Ashton, Agent Denise Cleever and Detective Kylie Kendall.
She served as the president of Sisters in Crime and was a member of both the Mystery Writers of America and the Science Fiction Writers of America. In her later years, Claire taught not-yet-published writers through the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program.
