C. J. L. ThomasonCaroline was born in the German-speaking region of Belgium to two Flemish parents. After she lost her mother at the age of twelve, she found it hard to blend in with her peers at school and often relied on writing fiction to cope with emotions. She sarted writing her debut novel Crown and Scalpel when she was only sixteen years old, but the story wouldn’t take shape until many years later. Read More Read Less