Diana Clarke is a writer and teacher from New Zealand. her debut novel, Thin girls (2020) and her second novel, the hop (2022) were published by Harper collins. She was the University of Waikato’s writer in residence in 2022, and is currently a lecturer in Creative writing at the University of Canberra.

Clarke received her MFA in fiction from Purdue University and her PhD in creative writing and literature from the university of utah.