Craig Schaefer

Craig Schaefer is an American author from Illinois best known for writing a series of crime horror and fantasy series of novels such as the Daniel Faust, the Revanche Cycle, and the Harmony Black series. He was an early bloomer knowing that he was made for a career as a writer from the time he was about four years old. Nonetheless, nobody ever noticed his talent given that at that age he also wanted to be a firefighter, a private investigator, and an astronaut. He was into a lot of other things too as he grew up, but all these would fade away with age leaving only his love for writing. Growing up he was very much drawn to crime thrillers from the likes of Richard Stark and Elmore Leonard, before he discovered the weird fiction and horror of H.P Lovecraft and Clive Barker. As such, his novels are a combination of the black magic, guns, and gangsters that populated the novels he loved reading as a child and young adult. Even as an adult, he has never let go of his fascination with books on demonology and criminology, which even today populate his bookshelf. Craig Schaefer currently lives in Joliet Illinois, in an old house that was allegedly a turn of the century convent, where the pipes rattle in the night. Nonetheless, given that he considers Las Vegas the setting of most of his novels his second home, he visits very so often. When he is not at his desk writing his next blockbuster, he may be found dabbling in sleight of hand, gaming, or haunting Chicago’s museum for some much-needed inspiration.