Clare Stephens is a Sydney-based podcaster, screenwriter, editor and digital content creator. She's the former editor-in-chief at Mamamia - Australia's largest independent women's network - and has produced some of the site's most viral content. Her writing has appeared in The Age, Sydney Morning Herald and Brisbane Times, and she publishes a weekly newsletter on Substack. She is also a writer and producer on the Binge series Strife-seasons 1 and 2. The Worst Thing I've Ever Done is her first novel.
'A riveting debut: thoughtful, compassionate, nuanced and so very topical. I couldn't stop thinking about it after I turned the last page. Clare Stephens keeps you on the hook-and doesn't let you off!' Liane Moriarty, author of Here One Moment 'As compulsive as any app. Clare Stephens creates a cautionary tale for our times, full of wit and nuance.' Jane Harper, author of The Dry and Exiles 'Clare Stephens has written the kind of debut that feels both urgently contemporary and quietly profound-a compulsive read that dares to ask what happens when we become the object of the scrutiny we so casually dish out ... written with elegant prose and unflinching honesty.' Sally Hepworth, author of Mad Mabel 'Thrusts you into the ferocious, obsessive cyclone of an online witch-hunt. Wholly compulsive reading.' Zoë Foster Blake, author of Things Will Calm Down Soon