C. L. Freire

I'm a passionate writer with the first two novels in my Tween fantasy series, DAVID THORNE complete. I've been writing since I was thirteen years old, but dreaming about it since I could hold up a pencil and locate the nearest blank wall. I remember scribbling on napkins at parties, on menus in restaurants and in every notebook I carried with me to school. An avid reader as well, my mom signed me up for the Reader's Weekly Book Club when I was seven. I would devour the books the same day they arrived, and spend the rest of the week analyzing them. Throughout my schooling years, I was nicknamed by my friends, "book girl".

In my teens, I discovered the music in words and threw myself into poetry; something I also became known for throughout my time in school. I've written personalized poems for just about everyone I know, and in most cases, being a computer fanatic, framed the poems with a photo background related to the people I wrote the poems for. In my later teens, I began writing scenes--a venture that carried me into adulthood until I finally fed my desire to finally try my hand at writing a novel.

My first attempt didn't exactly go off without a hitch, but I learned from that experience. Nearly five years ago, I began working on my current project, a tween fantasy series about David and his search for someone very important, his unmasking of a dangerous man bent on destruction, and the birth of one of Elder City's greatest heroes.

I've always loved YA books as well, so my goal is to one day leap into that market full throttle. I'm a day dreamer at heart, and quite a silly person who loves to laugh and make others laugh. I tend to give in to my perfectionist side, which sometimes drives people crazy.

Writing, for me, is a mind-bending obsession that drives anyone who will listen, crazy. I also love neo film noir dripping with atmosphere, dark city nights and thunderstorms. But most and foremost->I love spending time with my husband, who is my best friend and, bar none, the best thing ever to come into my life.

I look forward to the day when I walk into a bookstore and see people lined up to buy my books, just as I look forward to the day when a new author looks to me and says, "Thank you for inspiring me to reach for my dreams no matter the obstacles that stood in my way." My dream is to be a best selling author and live in NYC with my husband and my baby girls, Midnight (my kitty--the most beautiful in the world) and Muffy (my gorgeous little Maltese).