is the author of a prose memoir The Missing List (Linen Press, 2018) and seven volumes of poetry, the most recent of which is a new pamphlet, End of Season, published with Coast to Coast to Coast in 2021. Clare has often worked with visual artists and last year held a Fellowship at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama where she collaborated on operas and other vocal projects. She lives on the edge of Tunstall Forest, near the Suffolk coast. Clare Best’s website is here.