Author Clare Harlow stands and leans against a green door, smiling softly, in front of a brick wall.

Photographer credit: Fraser Burrows Photography

Welcome!

I’m Clare. Once upon a time I was an actor.

Now, I’m the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize shortlisted author of the ‘Tidemagic’ series. 

Please have a browse to learn more about me and my books, or you can contact me here.

A colorful book cover titled 'Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit' by Clare Harlow, illustrated by Karl James Mountford, standing upright next to a jar filled with seashells on a light blue background.

In a world where magic ebbs and flows with the tide, a thrilling adventure begins…

Tidemagic: The Many Faces of Ista Flit has been shortlisted for the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Week Junior Breakthrough Book Award and the James Reckitt Hull Children’s Book Award.


“Brisk action, fiendish political chicanery, and magic with an intriguing twist.”

– KIRKUS REVIEWS

A colorful book titled "Tide Magic" by Clare Harlow stands on a blue surface with seashells and a small gold key nearby, against a light blue background with green leaves at the top right corner.

Ista, Nat and Ruby return for a nail-biting new adventure in Tidemagic: Ista Flit and the Impossible Key.

“An engagingly twisty sequel.”

– KIRKUS REVIEWS

A starfish with a tan and white speckled pattern