Jaguar Princess

by Clare Bell

  She has also co-written three Polynesian prehistoric novels, under the name Clare Coleman. The first novel. Daughter of the Reef, was published early this year; the second, Sister of the Sun, is currently being published.

  Before and during her writing career, the author analyzed seawater aboard the USGS San Francisco Bay research ship Polaris, clerked in a bookstore, hauled fish on a tuna boat, nursed cats in a veterinary clinic and worked for twelve years as an IBM manufacturing equipment engineer. She belongs to the Electric Auto Association, contributes to its newsletter. Current Events, and drives a VW Baja Bug that she converted from gasoline to battery power. Recently she bought a ‘76 Porsche 914 that she intends to convert to electric and hopes to run the car in the 1994 Solar-Electric 500 race in Phoenix, Arizona.

  She lives amid “creative clutter” in San Jose, California.