Claire Dederer


Claire Dederer is an American writer. Her book Poser: My Life in Twenty-Three Yoga Poses, was a New York Times best seller.

Life and career

Dederer was raised in Seattle, where she was born in 1967. She was a film critic at the Seattle Weekly before turning to freelance journalism. She has taught writing at her alma mater, the University of Washington and lives with her family on Bainbridge Island.
Dederer has written book reviews and articles for The New York Times and other publications. Her memoir, Love and Trouble - a midlife reckoning, was published in 2017.
Her brother, Dave Dederer, is a guitarist and singer, best known for the band The Presidents of the United States of America.

Books