Claire Nahmad was descended from a long line of herbalists and wise women and spent her life learning the ancient arts and attuning herself to the life of the spirit. She published a number of books on new age themes, translated into several languages, and also wrote novels, children's stories and poems. She lived in the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire, where she studied the local lore and legends. Claire Nahmad passed away in 2021.