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Craig Schaefer

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Born

in Chicago, The United States

February 05

Website

http://www.craigschaeferbooks.com/

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Fantasy, Horror, Crime

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April 2014

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Craig Schaefer's books have taken readers to the seamy edge of a criminal underworld drenched in shadow (the Daniel Faust series), to a world torn by war, poison and witchcraft (the Revanche Cycle), and across a modern America mired in occult mysteries and a conspiracy of lies (the Harmony Black series).

Despite this, people say he's strangely normal. Suspiciously normal, in fact. His home on the Web is www.craigschaeferbooks.com. ...more

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Average rating: 4.09 · 65,778 ratings · 4,833 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors

	Harmony Black (Harmony Black, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 8,692 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Long Way Down (Daniel Faust, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 6,550 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Redemption Song (Daniel Faust, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 4,078 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Red Knight Falling (Harmony Black, #2) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,555 ratings — published 2016 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Living End (Daniel Faust, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 3,385 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ghosts of Gotham (The Ghosts of Gotham Saga, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 3,511 ratings — published 2019 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Plain-Dealing Villain (Daniel Faust, #4) 4.19 avg rating — 2,884 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Killing Floor Blues (Daniel Faust, #5) 4.23 avg rating — 2,774 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Glass Predator (Harmony Black, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 2,335 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Castle Doctrine (Daniel Faust, #6) 4.30 avg rating — 2,180 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Twelve Years

Twelve years ago tonight, a little book called The Long Way Down came out and changed my life forever. Not overnight, nothing that dramatic…but I got there. It’s my anniversary and today I celebrated by getting up and going to work like every other day. Hey, it’s an important date for me, not necessarily an exciting one. I just finished a chapter so I figured this would be a great time to take a f

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Daniel Faust (11 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 32,246 ratings

Harmony Black (8 books)
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The Ghosts of Gotham Saga (2 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 4,386 ratings

The Wisdom's Grave Trilogy (3 books)
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4.30 avg rating — 3,354 ratings

Revanche Cycle (4 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 2,611 ratings

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Craig Schaefer wrote a new blog post Twelve Years Twelve years ago tonight, a little book called The Long Way Down came out and changed my life forever. Not overnight, nothing that dramatic…but I got Read more of this blog post »
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“Boys,” Jessie said, “you’re looking at your worst nightmare. I’m a black lesbian from the government, and I’m here to take away your guns.”
― Craig Schaefer, Glass Predator

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“At a distance, they looked just boring enough to be important.”
― Craig Schaefer, The Long Way Down

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“The original games were gladiatorial fights to the death. We had to revise that after a few years because, well, people stopped signing up.”
― Craig Schaefer, A Plain-Dealing Villain

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