C. L. Schneider was born in a small Kansas town on the Missouri River.  Growing up in a family of readers, all with diverse interests, she developed an early and avid love for the written word. Her fascination with science fiction stories and anything supernatural, as well as a keen interest in the Middle Ages, drew her to fantasy. At the age of sixteen, she wrote her first, full-length novel on a typewriter in her parents' living room.  While her primary focus is dark epic and urban fantasy, she pens the occasional horror or apocalyptic story.

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Schneider's debut novel was The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price,  the first book in her epic fantasy trilogy.  The Crown of Stones is a gripping account of one man's struggle to accept who and what he is. It's the journey of a flawed hero, a fallen race, and a land at war. A dark page-turning tale of magic, action, intrigue, friendship, love, betrayal, loss, and hope.

 

"The Crown of Stones Trilogy evolved from the creation of my protagonist, Ian Troy. I wanted to construct not just a character, but a person that I, as a reader, would want to get lost in. One that would embody the characters I’d come to love from the stories I read in my childhood home, so many years ago. My goal was to develop a character that was capable of being both a cowboy and an outlaw, a detective when he needs to be, a monster when he can’t help it, and a hero even when he tries not to be."

 

Her series, Nite Fire, is a gritty, action-packed, urban fantasy murder mystery featuring shapeshifters,  dragons, parallel worlds, and various creatures of myth and legend. 

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​C. L. Schneider lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband and two sons. An active member of the indie author community, you can often find her on social media chatting about the daily ups and downs of a writer's life.

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