Claire Schultz was born and raised in New Jersey, moved to the UK to study children's literature, and now happily calls Scotland home. She holds a BA in English Literature & Creative Writing from the University of Chicago and an MPhil Education from the University of Cambridge. A PhD student by day, she works primarily in the overlap of fantasy, horror, and literary fiction. Her debut novel, Even Your Bones Would Do, will be published by Berkley and Daphne Press in 2027. As Claire Rose, she is the author of the YA horror novel The Cove. She lives in Edinburgh with her haunted cats.