Australian · b. 1981
C.S. Pacat is an Australian author and comics writer, born in Melbourne. She began writing the Captive Prince trilogy online as serial fiction, then published it in print through Penguin in 2015 after the books found a large readership. The series follows the Akielon prince Damen, enslaved at the court of Vere, and the prince Laurent, whose schemes he must learn to read. The books, Captive Prince, Prince's Gambit and Kings Rising, became international bestsellers and helped bring m/m fantasy romance to a mainstream audience. Pacat later wrote the Dark Rise young adult fantasy series and the Fence comics series, which became a bestselling title for BOOM! Studios. She has also written for Marvel and DC, including work on Fence-related and Marvel titles. She has published short fiction and a Captive Prince short story collection, The Summer Palace. Her work is known for tightly plotted court intrigue and slow-burn romance.