Clara Erskine Clement Waters (August 28, 1834, in St. Louis, Missouri – February 29, 1916, in Brookline, Massachusetts) was an American author and traveler.

On August 28, 1834, Clement was born as Clara Erskine in St. Louis, Missouri.

Clement's writing career began in 1869 with the privately printed work, Simple Story of the Orient.

After the death of her first husband, in 1882 Clement married Edwin Forbes Waters, author and owner of the Boston Daily Advertiser.

[1] Clement made extensive tours in Europe, visited Palestine and Turkey in 1868, and traveled round the world in 1883/4.