Press Kit | Claire Forrest

Rod Oman

Rod Oman

Short Bio:

Claire Forrest is the Schneider Honor Award-winning author of Where You See Yourself. She currently lives in Minneapolis, and outside of writing, spends her time swimming and deciding where to travel next. I Gave You My Heart is her second novel. Find out more about her on social media @claire4est or on her website claireforrest.com.

Longer Bio:

Claire Forrest is an award-winning novelist and essayist who holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University. Where You See Yourself is based on her lived experience as a wheelchair user who has cerebral palsy.

She lives in Minneapolis, where when she’s not writing, she spends her time swimming and planning where to travel next. Find out more about her on Instagram and TikTok at @claire4est, or on her website, claireforrest.com.

Cover Art: Adams Carvalho

Design: Cassy Price

Teen girl sits in manual wheelchair in her childhood bedroom, her back to us. There are string lights, a bookshelf, and a plant in her room, which is illustrated all blue. She is looking into a large mirror where her reflection is her on a college campus. She wears pink jeans, a green striped tee, and a yellow blazer with green sneakers. She has long curly hair. She is holding sunglasses over her forehead. In the reflection, everything is pink. Text reads WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF by Claire Forrest. Blurb reads “Funny, true, and tender, this is a beautiful and resonate debut.” -Nina LaCour

Cover Artist: Chloe Quinn

Design: Cassy Price

An ombré background that starts light green and ends light blue. On the right side, an illustration of a teenage girl sitting in a manual wheelchair. The spokes have little stars on them. She wears a pair of jeans, sneakers with leg braces, a light blue shirt with an asteroid symbol on it and a bright green cardigan. She has long blonde hair and is smiling with her eyes closed. She is listening to music on purple headphones with a heart. The cord spells out in script I Gave You My Heart. Claire Forrest. On the left side a boy sits higher up on the script. He has dark curly hair and is wearing work pants and work boots, a blue t-shirt and blue jacket over it.