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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 · 64,931 ratings · 4,778 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Harmony Black (Harmony Black, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 8,670 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 — 6,484 ratings — published 2014 — 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
	Redemption Song (Daniel Faust, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 4,034 ratings — published 2014 — 8 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 — 3,535 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 — 3,345 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 — 3,497 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 — 2,847 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 — 2,743 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) 4.10 avg rating — 2,319 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 — 2,155 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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Castaways 3: Rats, Incoming!

Anyone up for a new adventure? The awesome Rebecca Frank just finished her work on the cover for Rats, Castaways book three, and it's coming your way...Monday! I'll post a formal update when it's live. If all goes to plan, Monday should see the launch of the paperback and e-book formats, while the audiobook version (voiced as always by the amazing Susannah Jones) will be coming from my friends at

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Daniel Faust (11 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 31,845 ratings

Harmony Black (8 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 19,475 ratings

The Ghosts of Gotham Saga (2 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 4,368 ratings

The Wisdom's Grave Trilogy (3 books)
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4.31 avg rating — 3,295 ratings

Revanche Cycle (4 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 2,587 ratings

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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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Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

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