Claire Polders is a Dutch author of five novels. Her stories and essays are published wherever they are appreciated, in places such as TriQuarterly, Denver Quarterly, SmokeLong Quarterly, and other reviews and magazines that may not be quarterlies. Together with her husband, she wrote A Whale in Paris (2018, Atheneum / Simon&Schuster), a novel for younger readers set in WWII. You can find her online at Facebook, Twitter, or www.clairepolders.com.