C.S. Challinor is a highly accomplished author, best known for her Rex Graves mystery novel series. She was born in Indiana but spent her formative years being educated in Scotland and England. After completing her schooling in Scotland, she attended university in England, where she studied Latin and French. Challinor's love for languages and travel did not stop there, as she also holds a diploma in Russian from the prestigious Pushkin Institute in Moscow. Currently, she resides in Southwest Florida, where she continues to write and draw inspiration for her novels.
Challinor's Rex Graves series has received critical acclaim, with several of her books becoming bestsellers. Her first book in the series, "Christmas Is Murder," reached the number one spot on the Kindle Bestseller List, and "Murder of the Bride" was a Mystery Guild Book Club pick. Her writing is influenced by her love for traveling and her admiration for one of the greatest mystery writers of all time, Agatha Christie. Challinor pays homage to Christie by adding a fresh and appealing take on the mystery genre in each of her books, often featuring new locations inspired by her travels. She takes great care in ensuring that the technical information provided in her novels is accurate, investing significant time in research.
In addition to her love for writing, Challinor is a member of the Authors Guild, New York. She has a minor degree in psychology and holds a diploma in Russian from the Pushkin Institute in Moscow. Challinor's Rex Graves series features a canny Scottish barrister and amiable amateur sleuth, Rex Graves. The novels in the series are contemporary whodunits set in Scotland, with outings to England, the Caribbean, and Key West. Each novel contains a closed circle of suspects, and Rex Graves' powers of observation and deduction are relied upon to solve the mysteries. The novels in the Rex Graves series can be read in any order and are available in ebook, paperback, and Large Print format. Challinor's writing is rated PG-13, making her novels accessible to a wide range of readers.