Claire Linney
Author and Influencer Award-winning self-published children's Author and book influencer
Broadcasts 05 October 2025, 05:00 PM
Book My Place
About this speaker
Claire Linney is a children’s author and book influencer. A lifelong reader she is passionate about advocating for more diverse representation in literature for children and teenagers. After working in marketing for over twenty years, she stumbled across Black Tudors: The Untold Story, which inspired her to want to bring the hidden stories of Black British history to life for the next generation. Her debut children's book Time Tub Travellers and the Silk Thief won the Ink Book Prize 2024, was longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards 2025 and Highly Commended in the Selfies Book Awards 2025.
