C.V. (Cindy) Gauthier has always lived on the west coast of British Columbia. She usually divides her time between the village of Steveston on the Fraser River and the old growth forest of the Sunshine Coast at Okeover Inlet.
Before turning to fiction writing, Cindy spent three decades as a secondary school educator in Vancouver. During that time, she was always writing something, from educational blogs and columns to open learning materials for the Commonwealth of Learning. The Charlee LeBeau Series is her first set of novels.
Although the series is classified under Young Adult and Historical Adventure, adult readers have found the novels resonate with their own personal histories, experiences and family stories. The series is ideal for junior high school students and is a particularly empowering read for young people. The books are written from a powerful place of hope and redemption, where no matter where you are from or what may happen in your life, it is possible to transcend and make the world a better place.
