Claudette M. Pendleton was born in Illinois, on the west side of Chicago. However, she spent her years, growing up on Chicago's south side. When Claudette was about 10 years of age, she began writing poetry and short stories. Claudette continued her writing through the years and, to date, has independently published two poetry books, "Poetic Praise" and "Joy in the Morning". She has also self-published a credit repair book titled "Fix Your Credit Now for Better Credit and Higher Scores".
In addition to these three published books, Claudette has also written a children's book, which she plans to soon have republished, two plays, several short stories, and several online articles. Claudette's books are inspirational in nature and her desire is that many will be inspired and blessed by the words within them.