Claire Murdoch

Guest writer

Claire Murdoch is a writer, editor, reviewer, Lee Child's Jack Reacher ranker, and formerly Head of Publishing at Penguin Random House New Zealand. She is currently employed as Senior Manager, Arts Development at Creative New Zealand.

Ben Sedley’s Holding the Heavy Stuff – a self-help book that actually helps

‘Totally devoid of bullshit’: Holding the Heavy Stuff by Ben Sedley, reviewed

'The clearest, simplest, kindest map to some of the murkiest, messiest, unkindest crap.'

By Claire Murdoch | 25th November, 2025

Every Jack Reacher novel ranked from worst to best

Every Jack Reacher novel ranked from worst to best

A comprehensive ranking from someone who read them all in two months.

By Claire Murdoch | 29th December, 2022

All 28 of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels ranked from worst to best

All 28 of Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels ranked from worst to best

A comprehensive ranking from someone who read them all in two months.

By Claire Murdoch | 25th November, 2022

We’re living in a golden age of feminist storytelling. And it’s only beginning

We’re living in a golden age of feminist storytelling. And it’s only beginning

The rise in feminist writing is long overdue and will only grow, writes Claire Murdoch for RNZ.

By Claire Murdoch | 25th September, 2018