Charlie N. Holmberg

Charlie Nicholes Holmberg is an American fantasy author best known for The Paper Magician series. She is from Salt Lake City, Utah and graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor's degree in English in 2010. Her first novel, The Paper Magician, was released in 2014. Holmberg expanded the book into a series, the film rights for which were purchased by Disney in 2016. In addition to her other book series, Holmberg has published five standalone novels. One of these, The Fifth Doll, won the 2017 Whitney Award for Speculative Fiction. Many of her other works have been nominated for literary awards as well. In addition to writing, Holmberg is on the board of directors of a speculative fiction magazine, hosts the podcast Your Mom Writes Books, and maintains a blog called "Myself as Written".