Clare Francis
Clare Francis | |
|---|---|
book signing in 2008 | |
| Born | 17 April 1946 Thames Ditton, England |
| Education | Royal Ballet School University College London |
| Occupation | writer |
| Spouse |
Jaques Robert Redon
(m. 1977; div. 1986) |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | https://www.clarefrancis.com/ |
Clare Mary Francis MBE (born 17 April 1946) is a British novelist who in her first career as a yachtswoman has twice sailed across the Atlantic on her own. She was the first woman to skipper a successful boat on the Whitbread Around the World race.