Beginner’s pluck: Former literary agent Claire Anderson-Wheeler

Claire has always loved 'The Great Gatsby', and close to the centenary, she started thinking of how she could have fun with it

Claire Anderson-Wheeler: 'Seeing how publishing worked made my writing better.'

A child who lived in her head, Claire wrote a satirical romance aged seven, to share with her friends.

“I loved writing assignments, but didn’t think of writing as an aim or a desire. It didn’t seem realistic,” she says.