C.M. Stephenson grew up amongst the villages and moorlands of Lancashire. In 1974 she took a train to Cornwall and never moved back. Her professional background includes human resource management, personality profiling and training and development. She is a qualified executive and corporate coach. In 2008, she and husband started a brand new life in South Gloucestershire. She studied creative writing with Open University and has an MA Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. Her work was included in the Sparks Anthology 2016. Published in September 2018, ''She Lies Hidden' is her debut novel.