Clara writes the historical Stella & Lyndy Mystery series, about an unlikely couple who mix love, murder and horse racing in Edwardian England. Murder at Morrington Hall kicks off the series.

As a student at Wells College in Aurora, NY, she published several poems in the college's literary magazine. She graduated with a B.A. in biology. She graduated from McGill University with a Masters in Library and Information Studies.

Besides her current series, Clara had penned five novels in a mystery series set in 19th century America.

She is the founding member of Sleuths in Time, a cooperative group of historical mystery writers who encourage and promote each other's work, as well as a member of Sisters In Crime.

With an incurable case of wanderlust, she travels every chance she gets, England being a favorite destination. When she can't get to England, she's happy to write about it from her home in Iowa.