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| picture= https://therumpus.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Foster2_c-Kaitlyn-Luckow.jpeg<br />
| caption= Claire Rudy Foster, photo by Kaitlyn Luckow<br />
| date_birth= February 3, 1984<br />
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| nationality= American<br />
| pronouns=[[he/him]], [[they/them]]<ref>Twitter profile as of 25 August 2020</ref><br />
| gender=[[nonbinary]]<ref name="Wedding">{{Cite web |title=Planning my wedding as a non-binary bride |author=Claire Rudy Foster |work=the Guardian |date=5 June 2018 |access-date=25 August 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/jun/05/planning-my-wedding-as-a-non-binary-bride}}</ref><br />
| occupation= writer<br />
| known_for= brilliant, insightful fiction about identity, relationships, and human rights<br />
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'''Claire Rudy Foster''', also known as '''Foster'''<ref name="Jasper">{{Cite web |title=Claire Rudy Foster writes of '90s Portland in 'Shine of the Ever' |last=Jasper |first=David |work=The Bulletin |date=14 November 2019 |access-date=25 August 2020 |url= https://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/claire-rudy-foster-writes-of-90s-portland-in-shine-of-the-ever/article_78b67af2-ffd9-5fd0-99aa-c016c319f366.html}}</ref>, is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. Foster graduated from Reed College and has an MFA in Creative Writing.<br />
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Since 2007, Foster has been in recovery from alcoholism and addiction. They have written speeches, letters, and articles supporting equal rights for people with substance use disorder.<ref name="Coleman">{{Cite web |title=A Pixies Album in Short Story Form |last=Coleman |first=Tyrese L. |work=Electric Literature |date=9 December 2019 |access-date=25 August 2020 |url= https://electricliterature.com/a-pixies-album-in-short-story-form/}}</ref><br />
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Foster describes their identity as [[queer]], [[trans]], and [[nonbinary]].<ref name="Wedding" /><br />
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==Books==<br />
*''I've Never Done This Before'' (2016)<br />
*''American Fix: Inside the Opioid Addiction Crisis and How to End It'' (2018, co-authored with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Hampton_(writer) Ryan Hampton])<br />
*''Shine of the Ever'' (2019)<br />
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==Links==<br />
*[https://clairerudyfoster.com/ Website]<br />
*[https://twitter.com/crf_pdx Twitter]<br />
*[https://www.instagram.com/crf_pdx/ Instagram]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category: Activists]]<br />
[[Category: Nonbinary people]]<br />
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