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Claire Mabey is a children's author of The Raven's Eye Runaways, The Raven's Eye Rebellion, and a picture book Cass and the Beast illustrated by Jill Calder. For a long time Claire worked on literary festivals and is the founder of Verb Wellington. She lives in Te Whanganui-a-Tara with her partner and son.

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