Clare Peake

Clare Peake is the daughter of the celebrated writer and artist Mervyn Peake, and author of the memoir, Under a Canvas Sky: Living Outside Gormenghast, wherein she tells the story of her parents’ romance and her own happy and bohemian childhood. Clare was born on Sark, but has lived in London all her life. She has had a variety of jobs from flower-seller to nursery-school teacher. She has three children, including singer-songwriter Jack Peñate, and one grandchild. She reads, goes to the cinema, listens to music and makes patchwork quilts.