Claire Oshetsky
Claire Oshetsky is an author who also actively engages with literature as a reader, maintaining a separate Goodreads reviewer page.
She has stated that Chouette was written as a personal response to raising two non-conforming children, and insists the owl-baby should be taken literally rather than as pure metaphor — though readers are free to interpret it otherwise.
Her debut novel was influenced by world literature, including works by Han Kang and Doris Lessing.
She also authored The Book of Dog under a different pen name.
Her writing is noted for its fierce originality and deeply personal honesty.
