C. S. Lakin

C. S. Lakin is the author of more than 30 published books, novels and 
nonfiction. She is a book copyeditor and writing coach living in California 
with her husband, a blind cat, and an arthritic Labrador. Lakin’s novels 
include a 7-book fantasy series (The Gates of Heaven), a 6-book sweet 
historical Western series (The Front Range Series, pen name Charlene 
Whitman), and other novels of various genres including psychological 
suspense, women’s fiction and relational drama, YA sci-fi, literary fiction, 
and even dark comedy. Her titles have sold more than 250,000 copies, some
published in multiple languages. Her nonfiction books center on craft for 
fiction writers (The Writer’s Toolbox Series).

​Lakin has worked with more than 1,000 writers in 6 continents on their 
book projects, and more than 6,000 writers have taken her online master 
classes and courses at Writing for Life Workshops at cslakin.teachable.com. 
Her award-winning blog Live Write Thrive has more than 1 million words of 
instruction for writers. She has won awards for both her self-published and 
traditionally published novels, including the 2009 Zondervan First Novel 
Contest (Someone to Blame) and Digital Book Today’s 8 best Kindle books 
of 2014 (Conundrum).
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Represented by: Kendyll Drilling