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C.W. Allen

Writing long stories for children
and short stories for former children

Dive into the award-winning fantasy mystery series The Falinnheim Chronicles. Can you crack the code and solve the mystery before Zed and Tuesday?

Cover of the book Relatively Normal Secrets, by C.W. Allen. Two children stand in a forest at night. Loose papers swirl around them in the wind. In the background, a floating head of a black wolf with glowing white eyes looms over the scene.
Cover of the book The Secret Benefits of Invisibility, by C.W. Allen. Two children wearing medieval cloaks over modern clothing stand in a snowy alleyway at night.
Cover of the book Tales of the Forgotten Founders, by C.W. Allen. Two children and a large black dog step out of a secret passage hidden by a large painting swinging out from a wall, in front of a grand staircase. Other paintings cover the wall next to them.

Complete trilogy for readers ages 9-13

  • Sibling adventure with a dog sidekick
  • “Magic swords and hoverboards” setting blends medieval aesthetic with futuristic technology
  • Multi-award-winning series honored as NetGalley’s #1 children’s audiobook
Learn more about The Falinnheim Chronicles
Headshot photo of author C.W. Allen, a middle aged white woman with shoulder-length straight brown hair. She is wearing blue eyeglasses and a mustard yellow shirt, standing outdoors against a gold-colored autumn background
Headshot photo of author C.W. Allen, a middle aged white woman with shoulder-length straight brown hair. She is wearing blue eyeglasses and a mustard yellow shirt, standing outdoors against a gold-colored autumn background

Meet the author

Hi! I’m C.W. Allen

I’m an award-winning author of stories for both children and adults.
Whether you’re looking for bite-sized tales to make you laugh while you think
or epic novels of magic and mystery, I’ve got tales to suit readers of all sorts.

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Public appearances and workshops

Coming Soon

The Hound of Castle Elsinore

Publishing

June 23, 2026

From

Nightfolk Books

The Crown will always find another victim…

Shakespeare’s Hamlet meets the Sherlock Holmes adventure
The Hound of the Baskervilles in this modern suspense novella.

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Readers are saying:

★★★★★

Cynthia McDonald

Harry Potter, eat your heart out! Tuesday and Zed are the young heroes we’ve been waiting for.

★★★★★

Vanessa Bernice

Every page is full of humor and wit, the characters are vibrant, and the plot is the perfect mix of mystery and adventure.

★★★★★

C. Gonzalez

The characters truly come to life. This is a lovely book. Highly recommend!

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