Draft:Claire Kann

Claire Kann
Occupation	Novelist
Writing career
Period	2018-present
Genre	Romance
Website	https://clairekann.com/

Claire Kann is an American novelist. Her works include Let’s Talk About Love, The Romantic Agenda, and Suitehearts.

Career

Kann's debut novel, Let’s Talk About Love, was published in 2018. It is a young adult novel that follows Alice, a biromantic asexual college student who falls for a boy named Takumi after her ex-girlfriend breaks up with her. Let's Talk About Love was a top ten title for the 2019 American Library Association Rainbow Book List and was a nominee for the 2018 Goodreads Choice Award for Young Adult Fiction.

In 2019, she published another young adult novel, If It Makes You Happy. In 2022, she released The Marvelous, a drama about a group of girls who enter a mysterious contest at the estate of the reclusive celebrity develop of a popular social media app.

Kann published her first adult novel, The Romantic Agenda, in 2022. It follows Joy, an asexual woman with an unrequited crush on her friend Malcolm, who enters a fake relationship with a man named Fox when Malcolm starts dating Fox's ex-girlfriend Summer. Kann's other adult novels include Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places, which follows a woman with ESP abilities who joins a ghost hunting show, and The Marriage Narrative, about a businesswoman who becomes engaged to a man whose family is the subject of a long-running reality television show.

In 2023, Kann published her first middle-grade novel, Suitehearts: Harmony and Heartbreak, about two cousins with magical powers who train to become "Matchmakers" who use their abilities to help people fall in love. It was followed by Suitehearts: Drama and Destiny in 2024.

Personal life

Kann is queer. She has a Bachelor in Art in English/Creative Writing from Sonoma State University.

Publications

Young Adult Novels

• Let's Talk About Love. Swoon Reads. January 23, 2018. ISBN 978-1250136121.
• If It Makes You Happy. Swoon Reads. June 4, 2019. ISBN 978-1250192677.
• The Marvelous. Square Fish. June 7, 2022. ISBN 978-1250833136.

Adult Novels

• The Romantic Agenda. Berkley Books. April 12, 2022. ISBN 978-0593336632.
• Looking for Love in All the Haunted Places. Berkley Books. May 21, 2024. ISBN 978-0593336656.
• The Marriage Narrative. Berkley. November 11, 2025. ISBN 978-0593820179.

Middle-grade Novels

• Suitehearts: Harmony and Heartbreak. HarperCollins. January 3, 2023. ISBN 978-0063069398.
• Suitehearts: Drama and Destiny. HarperCollins. July 2, 2024. ISBN 978-0063069442.

Anthology contributions

• "Bonne Nuit". We Mostly Come Out At Night: 15 Queer Tales of Monsters, Angels & Other Creatures. Edited by Rob Costello. Running Press Kids. May 21, 2024. ISBN 978-0762483198.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• "The Rift". Out There: Into the Queer New Yonder. Edited by Saundra Mitchell. Inkyard Press. June 7, 2022. ISBN 978-1335425898.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• "(Fairy) Like Attracts Like". Fools In Love: Fresh Twists on Romantic Tales. Edited by Ashley Herring Blake and Rebecca Podos. Running Press Kids. December 7, 2021. ISBN 978-0762472352.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
• "Guilt Trip". Every Body Shines. Edited by Cassandra Newbould. Bloomsbury YA. June 8, 2021. ISBN 978-1547606078.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)