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About Clare
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Clare O’Beara is a tree surgeon and expert witness, and a former national standard showjumper.
She has been elected Chairman of Irish Mensa and Director of British Mensa Ltd. She was also appointed National Representative to Mensa International. She has served on the Royal Dublin Society Forestry And The Environment Committee. She lives in Dublin with her husband and cats. Clare is an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction, whose journalism work has been published in more than thirty countries. Her credits include Mensa Magazine and Mensa International Journal. Clare works to make her books Carbon Neutral. Clare was one of the crime reviewers invited to attend a crime authors' event on 12th April 2016 at the Embassy of Luxembourg in London. Murder Against The Clock was featured in The Dublin Southside People on page 22. Clare was mentioned in Great Diving Quotes. Clare was one of the reviewers attending Ellen Gunning's book launch in Dublin in September 2016. Ellen Gunning is Director of Irish Academy of Public Relations. The Independent newspaper profiled Clare as part of an article on Amazon Top Reviewers by Journalist Nathalie Olah. Friday 11 March 2016. The University of San Diego has made one of Clare's reviews available as an educational tool. This is of environmental book The Price Of Thirst by Karen Piper. https://www.sandiego.edu/cee/documents/Fresh_Review_Book_Review.pdf BBC World Book Club invited Clare to contribute to a discussion with Malorie Blackman, author and Children's Laureate. In 2013 she won first prize for Print Journalism in Ireland's National Media Awards. She contributed a story to A Pint And A Haircut (Lon Dubh, 2010), an anthology in aid of Concern's Haiti fund. Clare reads extensively and reviews books for Fresh Fiction.com. Clare recently interviewed authors Tony Schumacher, author of The Darkest Hour and Peter Robinson, author of the Inspector Banks novels. |
Clare's Books
Science Fiction
Dining Out Around The Solar System Dining Out With The Ice Giants Dining Out With The Gas Giants Dining Out On Planet Mercury Crime Murder at Irish Mensa Murder at Scottish Mensa Murder at Dublin Mensa Murder at Kildare Mensa Murder at Wicklow Mensa Murder Against The Clock Romance Silks And Sins Young Adult Show Jumping Team Rodeo Finn Short Stories The Prisoner In The Tower Anthologies Dreamless Roads A Pint And A Haircut |
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About Murder at Irish Mensa....
Can brains do what police procedure cannot? Read this unusual tale of a tree surgeon working sleuthing between energy spent looking for a new house and tending her duties as organiser of the meeting to find the answer. You'll enjoy the ride. Larry Winebrenner, author of the Henri Derringer Mysteries. This book had everything I like: cats; an unusual, feisty female; a (subtle) romantic element; an interesting set of problems; a modicum of esoteric knowledge; gentle humour; and a realistic characterisation of the sorts of people I tend to hang out with myself.... It was the perfect weekend relaxation. Francesca on Amazon. At first, I thought a Mensa was some kind of Irish cultural festival until I kept reading and realized it meant super-smart people who could do things like solve puzzles in flight magazines. The author did a fine job describing the heroine, Cara - I sympathized with her need to find a home, love of cats and horses. A good read! Nancy Jill Thames on Goodreads. I am glad I found this author and that I read her Irish cozy mystery on days surrounding March 17. I enjoyed both the writing and the story, and I even got part of the mystery solved on my own, something I almost never do. This, however, did not lessen my reading pleasure, since I was having fun learning more about the characters and getting a glimpse of the way the story unfolded. I will certainly look to read the rest of the books in this Mensa mystery series sometime soon. Charlene on Goodreads. About Murder at Dublin Mensa... The third Mensa mystery lives up to the first two... Read it! Francesca on Amazon. About Dining Out Around the Solar System... Dining Out Around the Solar System, by Clare O'Beara, follows the story of Donal, who, along with his best friend Myron, grows from a teen with a love of books, into an important investigative journalist. His published stories dig ever deeper into the political morass of Great Britain's underpinnings, making life for the friends dangerous... O'Beara's writing is approachable and well-researched. If you enjoy suspense stories with science fiction twists, I believe you will find Dining Out Around the Solar System by Clare O'Beara to be your five-star cup of tea. DS Kane, author of Swiftshadow, Greynet, Bloodridge in the Spies Lie series. There's lots of pleasant surprises in store for you in this thoughtful, at times ultra-cynical, fantasy excursion into the not so very far into the future dystopian society of the UK and Eire.... Well-written and observed, Clare O'Beara brings her considerable experience as a journalist to bear in conjuring a totally believable future multicultural society with bells (and knobs) on... Highly recommended for all those who don't need ray guns (or any guns much) at regular intervals in their intellectual fantasy thrillers. Jan Hawke, Owner and CEO DreamWorlds Publishing. So good, I want to complain. Colorful_socks on Amazon About Silks And Sins... If Irish horse racing and living in the Irish countryside and being involved with horses is of interest to potential readers, I would encourage them to try SILKS AND SINS by Clare O'Beara. Charlene on Goodreads. You will be thrilled by this story of two sisters struggling with an inherited business involving horses.... One of the enticing elements of this story is the large amount of instruction about horse-racing built into the narrative without appearing instructive. One becomes more knowledgeable about horses and racing without unduly noting it. It is a most welcome part of Silks and Sins. This book is most highly recommended. Larry Winebrenner, Author of the Henri Derringer Mysteries on Amazon. |
Nov 2014 #1 Best Seller:
Show Jumping Team In Children's Miscellaneous Sport eBooks 2014 First place: Arkady Renko short story contest. Judged by Martin Cruz Smith. Sponsored by Simon & Schuster UK Sep 2013 First place: Print Journalism The National Media Awards 2012 Second place: Print Journalism The National Media Awards Sep 2012 Short Story Longlisted RTE Guide/ Penguin Apr 2011 Short Story Highly Commended CDVEC Sports and Cultural Committee |