About

Bestselling author Caren Werlinger published her first award-winning novel, Looking Through Windows, in 2008.

Since then, she has published sixteen more novels, winning several more awards. Influenced by a diverse array of authors, including Rumer Godden, J.R.R. Tolkein, Ursula LeGuin, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Willa Cather and the Brontë sisters, Caren writes literary fiction that features the struggles and joys of characters readers can identify with. Her stories cover a wide range of genres: historical fiction, contemporary drama, and fantasy, including the award-winning The Dragonmage Saga, a fantasy trilogy set in ancient Ireland.

She has lived in Virginia for thirty years where she practices physical therapy, teaches anatomy, and lives with her wife and their canine fur-children.

For more of Caren’s thoughts on various and sundry topics, check out her blog.