Claire Forrest
claire4est.bsky.social
Claire Forrest
@claire4est.bsky.social
Author of WHERE YOU SEE YOURSELF (Scholastic, 2023) 🪞👩🏻‍🦽
Disgruntled social media user
If you’re interviewing a disabled author for a #DisabilityPrideMonth piece:

Ask a question about writing craft. Ask a question about storytelling without making it about representation. Ask a silly question!

We are artists too and can speak about more than disability rep. #booksky
June 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
A reminder that the 🍊👹 won’t see your jokes about whether he’s using a catheter or leg braces, but your disabled friends who use those devices will.
June 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
What are some must read middle grade novels for those seeking to immerse themselves in the category? #booksky #middlegradebooks #middlegradenovels
June 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Writing books is so hard.
Shout out to anyone who writes books.
May 25, 2025 at 10:33 PM
“They just don’t make movies like this anymore,” she says, after randomly landing on 13 Going On 30 during the Vienna scene.
a person is holding a card that says wishing dust on it
ALT: a person is holding a card that says wishing dust on it
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April 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I love when social media memory features are like, “Here’s a photo of you and someone you once considered your closest friend!”…and it’s someone who is now a total stranger to you.

…anyway, if this resonates with you, you’re really gonna like my next book.
April 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I saw a post about the new MacBook Airs, and then my laptop wouldn't turn on. I thought Tim Cook had cursed me, but it just needed to be plugged in.

*shakes fist at Apple* Me and my 5-year-old Air live to see another day!
March 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
In college, I lived on the first floor of a dorm where a lot of football players lived. I asked them if they could inform me when the halftime show started, and they came and knocked on my door so I didn’t miss Beyoncé. I think about them every Super Bowl. 🥰
February 10, 2025 at 1:16 AM
I honestly think if I was able to socialize with 10 or more golden retrievers for a few hours, it would heal me.
February 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I suspect I’m hardly alone in this, but my pre-existing mental health struggles, on top of SAD, and the general state of the world has me down BAD. 🫠
February 5, 2025 at 8:47 PM
#kidlit people…can anyone who has been to a Highlights workshop in person tell me how it ranks for wheelchair accessibility?
February 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Hi!?! I’m showing up to the BlueSky party late because other sites are controlled by awful people.

Here is the energy I will bring to the aforementioned party:
January 31, 2025 at 1:50 AM