Claire Hollingsworth (b. 1985) is a British-Canadian science fiction writer and former systems engineer. Raised in Sheffield and Calgary, she studied applied physics at the University of Alberta (BSc, 2007) and human-computer interaction at University College London (MSc, 2010). Over the next decade she designed fault-tolerant cloud services for research labs in London and Singapore, work that fuels her interest in surveillance, memory, and resilience. Her short fiction has appeared in Meridian Drift and Liminal Engines, and her novella 'Tideglass' (2021) was shortlisted for the Pacifica Prize. She lives in Victoria, British Columbia, where she mentors women in STEM and co-hosts a community radio program about speculative futures.
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