Faith Black Ross at Alcove Press has acquired Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize-shortlisted author Claire Ross Dunn’s Lost in France, for publication in the summer of 2026. In Lost in France, a fresh start in France is just what a mother-daughter duo needs to transform their lives, perfect for fans of Under the Tuscan Sun. Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Agency represented the author in a deal for world rights.
When single mom and overworked film festival staffer Marlow buys a house for one euro, her life and luck in love change overnight. As the new owner of a rundown house in France, Marlow and her teenage daughter, Sabine, find out there are a lot of strings attached. Marlow finds herself falling in love with the charming fixer-upper and wooed by more than one handsome local. Torn between a comfortable life back in Toronto and a bright, albeit scary future in France, she embraces the power of being a little lost.
Claire Ross Dunn is a multihyphenate who works as a writer, story editor and producer. Her first novel, At Last Count, was released by Invisible Publishing in 2022 and was finalist in the 2025 Rakuten Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in the Romance category, and named a Globe and Mail Best Book of 2022. It was a summer reads pick by the Toronto Star, a CanLit book club pick by Zoomer magazine, an Editors’ Pick by 49th Shelf, and has been featured on CBC’s Ontario Morning, Global TV, the Kingston-Whig Standard, Amherst Island Radio, Mix 97, and elsewhere.
Claire has written several movies for TV, including Love at Look Lodge (Hallmark), Cupids on Beacon Street (City TV) and the story for Ice Wine Christmas (Lifetime). She was an Executive Producer and a writer for the comedy ZARQA on CBC Gem, and Supervising Producer for Nickelodeon’s Make It Pop, writing many of the show’s episodes. Claire’s other TV writing credits include Little Mosque on the Prairie, Degrassi: The Next Generation for which Claire earned The Alliance for Children and Television Award for Excellence, The Smart Woman Survival Guide for W and Cosmo TV, and Wingin’ It, earning Claire a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Writing in a Children’s/Youth Program. Claire has received Canada Media Fund funding to develop At Last Count into a one-hour TV drama.
Amy Tompkins at Transatlantic Agency represented the author in a deal for world rights.
Claire is represented by Amy Tompkins.
Congratulations, Claire!