Courtney Bowen fell in love with fantasy fiction at a young age and started writing it as a preteen.

She wrote her first version of the Arria series in junior high and high school, and worked on a couple more versions. She's also written several novels and short stories in Arria's multiverse.

She writes in other genres like romance, adventure, sci-fi and poetry. She first wrote Tarn & Beck: The Cursed Coin under the pseudonym Roger Nickleby. She continues to write the Tarn & Beck series, featuring other characters.

So far, she has been a quarter-finalist in the 2019 Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition, the 2020 Screencraft Animation Screenplay Competition, and the Winter 2021 Los Angeles International Screenplay awards.