Clare Boylan (21 April 1948 – 16 May 2006) was an Irish author, journalist and critic for newspapers, magazines and many international broadcast media.

[2] From 1981, she edited the glossy magazine Image,[3] before largely giving up journalism to focus on a career as an author in 1984.

[1][2] Her novels are Holy Pictures (1983),[4] Last Resorts (1984), Black Baby (1988),[5] Home Rule (1992), Beloved Stranger (1999), Room for a Single Lady (1997) - which won the Spirit of Light Award[2] and was optioned for a film - and Emma Brown (2003).

[8][6][1] Boylan's short stories are collected in A Nail on the Head (1983), Concerning Virgins (1990) and That Bad Woman (1995).

[7] The film Making Waves, based on her short story "Some Ladies on a Tour", was nominated for an Oscar in 1988.