C. S. Lakin

C. S. Lakin is an award-winning author of more than thirty books, fiction and nonfiction, writing instructor, and professional copyeditor who lives in the Sacramento, CA, area. Lakin's award-winning blog for writers, Live Write Thrive, provides deep writing instruction and posts on industry trends and features her coaching and mentorship packages. Her online school, Writing for Life Workshops at Teachable offers writing courses and master classes that have been taken by more than 8,000 writers. Lakin teaches workshops and presents talks at writing conferences and workshops in the US and internationally.

Her novels have won various awards, including Zondervan's First Novel Award for Someone to Blame and one of 8 best Kindle books of 2014 (Digital Book Today) for Conundrum. Her books have sold more than a quarter-million copies. She also writes the Front Range series of Western historical romance under pen name Charlene Whitman and the Woman, Enraged series under pen name Mary Maloney.