Stories with questions
Clara’s stories invite young readers to investigate, disagree thoughtfully, test assumptions, and remain curious.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clara Hope Ellwood
From New Frostmarch’s guarded roads to a robot civilisation and the adventures of NOVA & MAYA, Clara Hope Ellwood writes about people finding their way through extraordinary worlds.
Meet Clara
Clara Hope Ellwood was born in Illinois and raised in West Los Angeles. A member of Generation X, she began exploring computers as a teenager on a Macintosh with a 1200 baud modem in 1985. Her interests span robotics, artificial intelligence, anime, tabletop role-playing games, and MMORPGs—all fuel for an active imagination and a love of writing. Her idea of a great Friday night? Settling in with a good 8-bit game and pizza.
Contact Clara →A new kind of children’s adventure
Clara created The Adventures of NOVA & MAYA for children growing up alongside AI: readers who deserve wonder without hype, optimism without naivety, and questions more interesting than easy answers.
Hope with responsibility
Her work imagines positive human–AI partnership while making room for uncertainty, boundaries, mistakes, and accountability.
Adventure before instruction
The story must earn the lesson. Humor, danger, character, and emotional truth always come first.