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Bio

C. W. Schultz is the pseudonym for American writer Calen Sifferman.

At Shoreline Community College, two of his plays—A Peach in Place (2006) and Drafted (2007)—were workshopped.

On July 5, 2007, Schultz’s debut novel Yeval was released, a story which came to be through a script Schultz had written for a film. After reading transgressive fiction, Schultz realized how he could tell Yeval the way he intended to but had too many boundaries with the screenplay (no voice-overs, funding, location, length, etc.).

2010 marked three standout writing projects for Schultz: 1) Shoreline Community College commercials, which producers decided not to air when marketing issues arose during post-production; 2) the release of The Pack, Schultz’s second novel; and 3) the filming of Watch.

On September 7, 2012, it was confirmed that Watch would premiere at the Gig Harbor Film Festival on October 21, 2012. The response was favorable, with the film being placed as the First Runner-Up for the Director’s Choice Award for Best Short Film.

In promotion for Watch’s premiere, a Kindle Edition of Yeval was released on September 18, 2012. The Pack was released on Kindle on October 26, 2012 (its two year anniversary) in promotion for Jill.

On Friday, December 7, 2012, Schultz’s third novel Jill was released.

On Tuesday, September 8, 2015, A Book About a Film was released with a notable amount of praise.

Schultz has had short stories featured in publications. His 2013 horror tale, “The Stairwell” (originally a spec script entitled Echo with Laughter), was released in the eighth issue of Sirens Call Publications; while the 2020 non-fiction comedy, “Rooster”, premiered as Episode 84 for the podcast 7 Minute Stories.

Currently, Schultz hosts the web series Mysterious Music, where he investigates recorded music that has an unknown source.

The title of his upcoming fifth novel is Whispering of the Autumn Leaves.