Claire Frances Raciborska grew up in South Africa, where she completed an arts degree majoring in Mathematics. She spent four years living and working in Taiwan, which is the setti...ver maisClaire Frances Raciborska grew up in South Africa, where she completed an arts degree majoring in Mathematics. She spent four years living and working in Taiwan, which is the setting for her first novel, Smoke of Spirits. She currently lives on a farm in South Africa with her husband Seth, her daughter Emma, two dogs, a cat, some chickens and a lot of cows. She enjoys dreaming about travelling and pretending to garden.ver menos