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The Christmas Owl
An endearing Christmas tale published in the Mocking Owl Roost Blog, Christmas 2025 Issue.
Creative Consultant
Working with hundreds of emerging authors led C.L. to develop the Global Plotting System Analysis (GPSA), a proprietary platform for developing a project, characters, and story. She’s pleased now to include GPSA in all her creative consulting services. From initial concept to final submission, including queries, synopses, and comps.
While she works with and loves all genres, her areas of particular interest are kidlit, mystery and crime fiction, and speculative fiction.
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Speaking Engagements
Cheryl is always delighted to present virtually and in person at schools, libraries, book clubs, bookstores, and museums.
Mystery Fiction by Cheryl Lawton Malone
In addition to writing kidlit, Cheryl writes mystery short stories and novels under the pen name c.l. malone. Her first short story was published in Crime Spell’s Snakeberry: Best New England Crime Stories 2025. Her second is a finalist for the Calgary 2026 Bouchercon Anthology. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing for Young People from Lesley University. Cheryl is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Mystery Writers of America.
Write On Productions
Together with kidlit best seller Victoria J. Coe, Cheryl founded an online teaching platform that offers writers a new way to get on track and stay on track, including tools, resources, and exclusive digital content. Their first publication, Writing Kidlit 101: A Self-Guided Course, released in January 2023. Their second book, Writing Kidlit 102: Your First Draft, released in 2024. C.L. knows how hard it is to write because she’s been there. She dreamed of writing kidlit while juggling kids and careers. Now, having sold more than 350,000 kidlit books between them, C.L. and Victoria can’t wait to help you achieve your dream.
