DJ Schneider is a native Oregonian who grew up in Lake Oswego where his Melanie Simpson Mystery Series takes place. He developed his creative writing skills at the San Francisco Art Institute, and then at the Log Cabin Literary Center with a writing group called the Magnificent Seven. DJ also spent many years in the advertising and marketing.

When DJ isn’t out traveling the stars, following Melanie around to document her next great adventure, he is buried deep in an Oregon burrow he calls The Writing Cave, honing his craft and building his novels. There, under the light of a gooseneck lamp, he can be found diligently transcribing Melanie’s amazing adventures to paper and working on other inspired novels. DJ is a member of NIWA, and the Gresham Writers. He just released his fourth novel in the Melanie Simpson Mystery series, The Stones of Carnac. He is currently working on a space romp series, and an upmarket literary novel.