Claire Legrand is an American writer of children's and young adult literature, including novels and short stories.

[7] Legrand published her debut novel, The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, in August 2012 with Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.

In 2014, Legrand released Winterspell (September 2014), along with Summerfall (August 2014), a prequel novella, and Homecoming (December 2014), an epilogue available online in e-book form that is available for free on her author website.

Legrand has been included in two other anthologies to date, Guys Read: Terrifying Tales (September 2015) and Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life (November 2015).

In November 2017, advanced copies of Legrand's upcoming young adult fantasy, Furyborn, were featured in a book subscription box, Fairyloot.

Legrand's seventh novel, Sawkill Girls, was another young adult horror standalone and released in October 2018.