Claudia Carbonell

Claudia Carbonell was born in Cali, Colombia, and knew from an early age that stories were her calling. At seventeen, her short stories were already being published in the Ecuadorian newspaper El Meridiano.

Her life's work is The Magical Series, a nine-book fantasy saga for children and teenagers that took 23 years to complete: eight novels and a book of short stories in which mythology, imagination, and enchanted worlds meet a deeper purpose. Alongside her characters, animals fight to survive the abuses of humankind, and young readers discover the beauty of the natural world and the urgency of protecting it. Beyond the series, Claudia has written more than twenty works, including the Magical Heroes saga, inspired by real children who are changing the world.

Her stories carry a secret purpose, because Claudia's other calling is the healing of hearts. She holds an M.A. in Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Clinical Hypnotherapist, an expert in neurolinguistic programming and strategic intervention, and the creator of Life Map Therapy™, a methodology that helps people overcome pain, disempowering beliefs, and harmful habits. She is also the founder of Only For Princesses, a storybook clothing house where children literally wear their stories.

Now, in her first work of nonfiction, Heal Your Pain, Overcome Your Challenges, Find Yourself with Life Map Therapy, Claudia opens the map itself: the method she has used for years to guide people out of pain and back to themselves.

Claudia lives in California with her husband, Aaron, and her mother, Lola. Her two children, Brigitte Chantal and Andrew Phillip, and her granddaughter, Lolita, are her greatest source of inspiration. She believes with all her heart what her books whisper to every reader: you are already enough, and you were made for much.