C.P. Schaefer

C.P. Schaefer is a structural engineer and award-winning science fiction author who brings four decades of engineering experience to his writing. Originally from a small town north of Indianapolis, he blends scientific realism with emotionally immersive, high-stakes storytelling in novels that draw on a lifelong passion for space exploration. He is the author of The Kuiper Rogue, a bestseller in hard science fiction, and Western Lights, which won a 2024 Literary Titan Gold Book Award in Fiction. He is married, has five adult children and a dog, and enjoys reading, exercising, science fiction films, college football, and international travel.