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Claire Ridgway is the author of the best-selling books THE FALL OF ANNE BOLEYN: A COUNTDOWN and THE ANNE BOLEYN COLLECTION, as well as the newly released INTERVIEWS WITH INDIE AUTHORS: TOP TIPS FROM SUCCESSFUL SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHORS.
Claire worked in education and freelance writing before creating The Anne Boleyn Files history website and becoming a full-time history researcher, blogger and author. The Anne Boleyn Files is known for its historical accuracy and Claire’s mission to get to the truth behind Anne Boleyn’s story. Her writing is easy-to-read and conversational, and readers often comment on how reading Claire’s books is like having a coffee with her and chatting about history.
Claire is a best-selling indie author and loves connecting with Tudor history fans, and helping authors and aspiring authors.
You can visit Claire’s other websites at:-
- The Anne Boleyn Files – For the real truth about Anne Boleyn, second wife of Henry VIII.
- Interviews with Indie Authors – Claire’s blog on self-publishing.
- The Elizabeth Files – For the real truth about Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and one of the greatest monarchs in British history.
- Tudor Book Reviews – Reviews of Tudor books, both fiction and non-fiction.
Latest Post
Warwick University Alumnus of the Month March 2013 – Claire Ridgway
I’m so proud to be picked as Warwick University’s Alumnus of the Month for March 2013, it’s a real honour. I had to answer various questions and my answers may give you a bit of an insight into me as a person, rather than just an author and researcher. You can read the interview at..
Hello claire, I had never come across you as a writer until this week when I got my regular Amazon email about the type of books I like to read. I’m an avid reader of Phillipa Gregory, as to me she brings history alive. I’m aware that a lot of what she write is supposition, but having found history interesting over the years but ‘dry’ in a lot of cases, it fitted the bill for me. I’ve also read a few by Alison Weir, which I ‘ve really enjoyed, and recently found a book in a charty shop by Antonia Fraser about the Six Wives of Henry the Eighth, which I have been dipping into.
I really enjoyed reading the extract on Amazon from The Anne Bolyne Collection. It has whetted my appetite, and is on my wish list. I will continue to follow you and your writing, which is extremely readable and for me compelling. All the best Jen Robinson
Hi Jen,
Thank you for your very kind comment and I’m so glad that you enjoyed the extract from The Anne Boleyn Collection. I too have lots of Philippa Gregory books and they are all great reads as long as readers can treat them as fiction and not take them seriously. The Antonia Fraser book is very good, as is Alison Weir’s book on the Six Wives, and you’d also probably enjoy David Starkey’s six wives book, it’s very good. Have you read any Jean Plaidy? I love her “Murder Most Royal” about Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard.