Short Bio
Chandra K. Clarke is a Canadian author, blogger, and entrepreneur who writes with curiosity, humour, and a knack for making big ideas easy to grasp. She currently runs a board game café and indie bookstore with her partner. Whether exploring science, the environment, or the quirks of everyday life, she brings a fresh, approachable voice to every project.
Long Bio
Chandra K. Clarke has always been curious about, well, pretty much everything. She started her career as a journalist, covering everything from city council meetings to farm reports, before leaping into entrepreneurship and launching Scribendi.com in 1997. What began as a small proofreading service grew into a thriving global company that was acquired in 2017.
Never one to sit still, Chandra also earned a Master’s degree in Space Studies, and later a PhD in creative writing with a focus on science fiction. She’s been involved with groups like the Canadian Space Society and the Mars Society, and even built a citizen-science website that went on to earn a Webby Honouree nod. A long time environmental advocate, she volunteers with the David Suzuki Foundation to promote pollinator gardens.
When she’s not writing her long-running blog about the quirks of modern life, Chandra can be found speaking at events, tackling big ideas in her fiction and nonfiction books, or running Turns & Tales—a combination board game café and indie bookstore she owns with her partner. Whether she’s talking about technology, the environment, or just the oddities of everyday life, her work blends curiosity, humour, and a love of making complicated things easier to understand.
High resolution photos available upon request.
Sample Interview Questions
- What inspired you to explore the concept of “flow” in Echoes of Another?
- How did your background in space studies influence your writing?
- What key lessons did you learn from building Scribendi into a successful business?
- Could you share insights from your experience running Turns & Tales—a board game café and bookstore?
- What motivates your blog, and why keep writing it weekly?
- With Let’s Fix This, how do you aim to empower readers facing climate anxiety?
- How do you balance fiction, entrepreneurship, and family life?
Current books, short stories: Bookshop.org. Amazon.com
Press Clippings:
The Globe and Mail: How to raise entrepreneurial children
CBC Opinion: It’s not just tokenism, women-run firms perform better
Chatelaine: 10 inspiring success stories from top female entrepreneurs
CBC News: 5 easy ways to become a freelance scientist
Women of Space: Cool Careers on the Final Frontier
Popular Science: Going Batty for Science
TEDx: You Can Do Science Too!
Anglia Ruskin Centre for Science Fiction & Fantasy: PhD
The Big Idea: Chandra Clarke
The World Remains Mysterious: Chandra Clarke