Claudia wrote her first novel, Smudge’s Mark, in a closet. (see http://www.themagazine.ca/2011/06/20/...)
She's an only child.
She's a Canadian.
She's married, has three kids, two dogs, and a bearded dragon.
She loves caramel apples!
She's afraid of snakes, sharks and spiders. And the letter "S".
She's an introvert who loves to read and write.
“Dis'll only hurt a little. -Drofgum”
“Apparently she used to star in movies.Probably The Bride of Frankenstein. - Simon Mugford”
“W-Who knows? W-Who cares? I'm eating. - Gilbert Miller”
“We weren't being mauled by lions.We weren't being tortured with bamboo shoots shoved under our fingernails.No Chinese water torture.No burning at the stake.We weren't even being interrogated under bright lights.If only.No, what we endured was a special kind of torture, designed especially for us by The Rat, that made me wish for a bamboo manicure. - Simon Mugford”
“They say 90% of the promotion of a book comes through word of mouth. But you've somehow got to get your book into the hands of those mouths first!”