Candace Lynn Talmadge is an American writer of dark high fantasy and metaphysical nonfiction. A former business journalist and syndicated political columnist, she spent five decades writing for publications including The New York Times, Forbes, Reuters America, BusinessWeek, the International Herald Tribune, and the Dallas Times Herald. She is the author of the Stoneslayer dark high fantasy series — a saga of political intrigue, demonic warfare, reincarnation, and spiritual awakening inspired by her own past lives — and co-author of two nonfiction works on emotional healing and afterlife communication with her late wife Jana L. Simons. She publishes through Wider Realities Media. Earlier fiction appeared under the pen names C.L. Talmadge and Candace L. Talmadge, including the Green Stone of Healing speculative fiction series.