Claire Daniels

Claire Daniels was born into a house of books and stories. Her mother was a writer, her father a story- teller, and novels were everywhere.

She went to college, majoring in psychology, and there read about the people she would be writing as characters years later.

When she graduated from college, Claire went to work in a mental hospital, and eventually went on to law school. She passed the bar and entered the practice of law. For a short time Claire worked for a criminal law firm. It was during her law practice that she began to write short stories, both science fiction and mystery. And began to gather rejection slips.

Eventually Claire left her law practice and started a greeting card company called “Jest Cards.” A few entrepreneurial attempts later, bolstered by her bookkeeping “day job” and her first years of tai chi training, she created Kate Jasper, who owned a gag gift company called “Jest Gifts” and practiced tai chi. Claire’s own life became a story. Only Kate Jasper stumbled over dead bodies.

Twelve Kate Jaspers later, Claire was still reading mysteries, science fiction, and mysticism, and had begun writing about Cally Lazar, a recovering attorney who does “cane-fu” and has an energetic healing practice.

Alternative healer Cally Lazar’s sensory skills help her soothe her clients’ auras. But once in a while, what she finds will make her jump out of her skin.

The Karma Crime mysteries are: “A holistic prescription for fun. Enjoyable side effects include laughter.” ––Lynne Murray

“A delight.” ––Jane Dean of Murder Most Cozy

“Original, innovative, and unique.” ––Janet A. Rudolph, editor of Mystery Readers Journal