Renee Clarke Profile

Black Market Baby is written under a pen name to protect the identities of those involved. This is my fifth published book and I’m working on the next two. I was born and raised in Canada and moved to the US to get away from the strangling political atmosphere in Quebec during the 1970s. I was finally drawn to the West – the Rocky Mountains – where I love to hike and eventually wound up at the Pacific Ocean.

I am an artist. I sculpt all kinds of stone. I love spending time in the wilderness. Every time my daughter asks, "Ma, want to go for a hike?" I'm there. Besides backpacking, I think I like to write most of all. I love spending time at the ocean. Walking on the beach for miles. And I love to read.