After growing up in a small Lancashire village, C M Stephenson left school at fifteen. In her late teens she met people whose lives were complicated, fuelled by drugs, and filled with violence and aggression. There were others too, in her mid-twenties, everyday people, educated, with careers, who had decent parents; people who you wouldn’t look at twice in the street. They were worse; she knew the victims of their crimes too. These experiences continue to influence her writing.
Her career can be described as eclectic. Jobs ranging from office junior to dental nurse, management consultant to executive and corporate coach. She ran her own training consultancy for over twelve years. It was there that her love of writing bloomed.
She initially studied Creative Writing with Open University and followed that with an MA Creative Writing from Bath Spa University.
She lives with her husband in the South West of England.
