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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 · 64,465 ratings · 4,736 reviews · 43 distinct works • Similar authors

	Harmony Black (Harmony Black, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 8,658 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 — 6,433 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 — 4,005 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 — 3,521 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 — 3,328 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 — 3,493 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 — 2,827 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 — 2,725 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 — 2,310 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 — 2,134 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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Firebreak: Now in Audio!

As promised, we’re swiftly following up the first Castaways audiobook with its sequel, Firebreak, which is available today! Book three, Rats, is currently in my editor’s capable hands and my cover designer is doing her thing too, so hopefully late next month I’ll have some info on a release window; it’ll come out in print first, and then Susannah will work her audio magic on it.

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Series by Craig Schaefer

Daniel Faust (11 books)
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4.12 avg rating — 31,605 ratings

Harmony Black (8 books)
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4.03 avg rating — 19,380 ratings

The Ghosts of Gotham Saga (2 books)
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3.78 avg rating — 4,359 ratings

The Wisdom's Grave Trilogy (3 books)
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4.31 avg rating — 3,260 ratings

Revanche Cycle (4 books)
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4.06 avg rating — 2,571 ratings

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Craig Schaefer wrote a new blog post Worlds Within Worlds I don’t do a lot of out-of-book explaining about the lore of my books; I prefer to let the stories speak for themselves, and let readers piece togethe 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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Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli

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