Born in London and raised mostly in Yorkshire, I have British and Nigerian* heritage and write for both adults and children. I came to writing via a circuitous route. Or rather, my writing was hijacked by other careers along the way, beginning with a stint as a hairdresser in London’s West End. After forsaking hairdressing for a science degree, postgraduate studies led to work in the fields of biomedical and environmental research. I now divide my time between editing scientific publications and writing fiction. (The two marry well.)

My first book was Cloudscapes over the Lune, a collaboration with Mary Sylvia Winter, Melissa Bailey, Sarah Dobbs and Kay Douglas to raise money for two children’s charities. Current projects include a linked story collection and a children’s book.

Awards

I’m delighted to have won a Northern Writers’ Award to support the development of my new short story collection.

• Commonword Children’s Diversity Writing Prize 2012: shortlisted
• Unbound short story competition, 2016: runner up
• Galley Beggar Press short story prize, 2016: special mention
• Fish Publishing short story contest, 2016/17: longlisted
• Bath Flash Fiction Award 2017: longlisted
• Fish Publishing short memoir prize, 2017/18: longlisted
• Wells Festival of Literature short story competition, 2017: 3rd prize
• Words & Women prose competition, 2017: shortlisted
• Bare Fiction Prize 2017: 2nd prize
• Fish Publishing flash fiction prize, 2018: longlisted
• TSS Flash Fiction 400, 2018: shortlisted
• Reflex Flash Fiction 2018: longlisted
• Wells Festival of Literature short story competition, 2018: shortlisted
• The Bridport Prize (flash fiction) 2018: shortlisted
• Aesthetica Creative Writing Award 2018: finalist

I’m represented by The Good Literary Agency

(* Weze is pronounced way-zay)

You can contact me at: clare.weze@gmail.com

or @ClareWeze

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