Travel Writer Profile
Travel writer Rolf Potts interviewed me about my nomadic life and the challenges of writing while on the road.
Short Story Podcast
Short Story Today is a weekly short story podcast hosted by Jon DiSavino. Each episode begins with an in-depth interview with a short story writer followed by the host reading work from the guest author—a professional audiobook production. Jon DiSavino…
Super-Delicious Salmon Quiche
During WWII, Nazi forces occupy the French capital and steal crops to feed the soldiers. Parisians invent new ways to find food and fill their stomachs. The characters of A Whale in Paris fish for salmon in the Seine at…
Interview: F(r)iction
—Why did I write “A Whale in Paris”? —What Dutch words are untranslatable? —What books did I read as a kid? May 2018 Rebecca Hannigan interviewed me for F(r)iction
Interview: Farsickness Journal
Intro: “Paris-based novelist Claire Polders discusses how watery places—from Iceland to Greece to the shores of her native Holland—have inspired her work.” Megan Harlan interviewed me for Farsickness Journal. February 2018. “There wasn’t really one place that most captivated me.…
Interview in SmokeLong Quarterly
Along with my story “Copycat,” SmokeLong Quarterly published this interview with me by Ariana Calvo. I’m curious to find out about your writing style. I understand that you write in different languages. Do you find one harder/easier to write in than…
