c.l. malone

C.L. is a short story writer, novelist, and creative consultant with more than twenty-five years of legal experience. 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. In addition to teaching creative writing on the college and continuing education level, she is an in-demand consultant with Grub Street, Boston.

C.L. is a member of Sisters in Crime, the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and Mystery Writers of America.