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Claire Davis – Educator, Writer, Artist and Equestrian
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Photo by John Campbell By Jack McNeel The story of Claire Davis began as a child in Milwaukee, Wis., took a major change when she relocated to the West, and encountered the biggest changes and challenges when she turned 50. Claire lived the first 37 years of her life within 25 miles of her birthplace, but after traveling west to finish her schooling, she has remained in the West, a region that inspires her writing. Following undergraduate studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., Claire received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Montana. After a couple of years in Missoula, she came to Lewis and Clark State College to teach. “I’ve now been teaching creative writing at LCSC for about 18 years, since 1994,” Claire explains. Claire began working on her first book, Winter Range, after her move to Lewiston. “Set in the Hi-line of Montana,” she says, “it might be called a literary thriller. It talks about man’s responsibility to the natural world and takes place in a ranching community.” (Continued on page 2)