Clare Azzopardi spends a lot of time reading and writing stories, for both children and adults, when she isn't out walking or talking to Żdruċċlu. She taught Maltese literature for 24 years, and for the last eight of these years she was also Head of the Department of Maltese at Junior College. She has won many awards and several of her works — including Kulħadd ħalla isem warajh and Castillo — have been translated into other languages such as English, Italian, Arabic, Slovenian, Hungarian, and Croatian. Clare Azzopardi has worked with many voluntary organizations, including Inizjamed, L-Akkademja tal-Malti, PEN Malta, MEIA, and Fondazzjoni HELA.