Ciara Darren is the creative pen under which I write epic fantasy, with frequent forays into M/M and creatures sub-genres. I write the kind of fantasy that I want to read, following in the inspiration of authors such as Judith Tarr, Anne McCaffrey, and Kevin Hearne. Lyn Gala is one of my personal heroes as an M/M writer, though you will find a range of relationships in my fiction. There's also been a recent influx of Anne Rice on my reading list. Hopefully you will find material here that will appeal to your fantasy loving soul. 

I do not write children fantasy. I write what I see and do not apologize for it. My characters sweat, cry, curse, worry about things like who has child custody, file paperwork even if they have to do with quills, walk with cranky gods, have complicated relationships with their family and drink coffee.

Coffee makes it into almost every world I create. I don't want to live in a world without coffee. I spent my teenager years near Seattle escaping to coffee shops and I will find a Starbucks in every country I visit. Straight drip, dark roast please, hold the sugar and be generous with the half and half. Thank you. I like to think it comes from growing up in rainy Seattle. 

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