Claire Cook Explained

Claire Cook
Birth Date:14 February 1955
Birth Place:Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
Notableworks:Must Love Dogs

Claire Cook (born February 14, 1955) is an American writer and public speaker.

Career

Claire Cook is the New York Times, USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author of 21 books with the overarching theme of reinvention for 40-to-forever women. After teaching school for sixteen years, she wrote her first novel (Ready to Fall) in her minivan outside her daughter's swim practice when she was 45 years old. At 50, she walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the film adaptation of her second novel, Must Love Dogs, which was made into a major motion picture starring Diane Lane and John Cusack.[1] In 2014, she started her own publishing company, Marshbury Beach Books. Cook's first non-fiction book, Never Too Late: Your Roadmap to Reinvention (Without Getting Lost Along the Way), shares her journey and tips for midlife women reinventing their lives. Her books have been translated into 14 languages.

Education

Cook graduated from Scituate High School. She was a Newhouse Scholar at Syracuse University, graduating cum laude with a dual major in Film and Creative Writing. She spent her senior year at Harvard University as a visiting student, where she studied fiction with Robert Stuart Fitzgerald, who translated The Iliad and The Odyssey.

Personal

Cook was born in Alexandria, Virginia to Daniel Joseph Cook and Margaret Lavelle Gibson. Her mother met her father when she taught his Business English class at Worcester Business College after they both finished serving in World War II. Cook's mother died suddenly of sepsis days before Cook's eleventh birthday. Her father worked for The Boston Globe, retiring several years before his death in 1992. Claire Cook is the second oldest, and oldest daughter, of eight siblings.

Cook married Richard (Jake) Jacobucci in 1978. They have two children. Cook and her husband reside in St. Simons Island, GA.

Bibliography

Speaking engagements

External links

Notes and References

  1. Interview with Must Love Dogs Author by Rebecca Murray, July 25, 2005; http://movies.about.com/od/mustlovedogs/a/dogscc072505.htm
  2. [Cape Cod Times]
  3. AJC Decatur Book Festival Lineup, August 1, 2013; http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/events/festivals/2013-ajc-decatur-book-festival-lineup/nYz9M/
  4. [Emory University]
  5. Savannah Book Festival, Festival Article, 2013; http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/authors/claire-cook/
  6. Savannah Magazine Interview, Retrieved July 16, 2015; http://www.savannahmagazine.com/2013/07/03/beach-read/
  7. SC Book Festival, Festival Schedule, 2015; http://scbookfestival.org/schedule/2015schedule/
  8. Web site: 9th Annual Women's Wellness Day to be held Sept. 19. Register today! . 2015-12-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208113153/http://www.southcountyhealth.org/SouthCountyHospitalNewsEvents/ViewArticle/tabid/164/ArticleId/333/9th-Annual-Womens-Wellness-Day-to-be-held-Sept-19-Register-today.aspx . 2015-12-08 . dead .
  9. Q&A: Author Claire Cook shares insights ahead of Women's Wellness Day by Helena Touhey, August 28, 2015; http://www.independentri.com/article_627dc8eb-2eca-5434-8c17-9914e5dff16d.html

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