Author & Storyteller
Stefano
Blackwood
Stories that cross time, culture, and everything in between.
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Author & Storyteller
Stories that cross time, culture, and everything in between.
Published Works
Literary Fiction · New Release
The fracture is the place the light gets in.
Mac Cole has been carrying his guilt for three years — the weight of a center line crossed, a wife and daughter lost, a life that continued when it had no right to. He did not come to Darby, Montana to heal. He came because the mountain at the end of the valley asked nothing of him, and that was all he could bear.
Then a woman arrives on the same road. A new name. A twelve-year-old deaf daughter named Luna. And a man behind her who will not stop.
What unfolds across one Montana winter is not a rescue. It is something slower and stranger and more costly — a broken man learning, one sign at a time, that the weight was never meant to be carried alone. That a twelve-year-old girl who cannot hear might understand more about presence than anyone who can.
The fracture is the place the light gets in.
Humor · Romance · Satire
She went to Rome to find herself. She found Marco instead.
A comedy about love, food, and the emotional suicide of falling for someone who says amore mio to parking spaces.
Brittany Smith booked a one-way flight to Rome to escape a man in cargo shorts. She did not book it for Marco Esposito — a man who calls you amore mio on the first night, has opinions about every ingredient that has ever existed, and will shake your world in ways you never saw coming.
The moment you stop translating a different culture into your own, something extraordinary happens. You stop resisting. You start living.
It will make you laugh out loud. It will make you cry when you least expect it. It will make you want to book a flight to Italy and never come back. Funny, specific, and genuinely romantic.
Historical Fiction · Mystery
The Cube of Dominium — Book I
In 2500 BC, a blinding light crashes into the sea, shattering the tranquil fishing village of Bodrum. A fisherman stumbles upon a dying, ethereal being on the shore. With its final breath, the creature thrusts a glowing cube into his hands, whispering "Onu koru" — Protect it.
Over 4000 years later, a young Napoleon Bonaparte's fate intertwines with Anne's, a spirited young girl. When Napoleon gifts her a mysterious pendant, it sets off a chain of events that will echo through time. Past and present collide in a thrilling race against time, where friendships are tested, betrayals cut deep, and heroes rise from unexpected places.
As the fate of their world hangs in the balance, the revelations of an ancient legacy intertwine their destinies, leaving one burning question: Who's really in control?
Middle Grade Fiction · Ages 9–12
For fans of The Wild Robot · The Iron Giant · Wonder
There are places in this world that exist only because someone loved them into being. Whiskers' garden was one such place. He was old, and lonely, and one autumn evening he built something that looked back at him with two soft green eyes and whispered its very first word. He called it V14. He called it friend. Then they took it from him.
Five years later, a drowning boy finds a broken machine in a river. He drags it home. He talks to it gently, as though it matters. And somewhere deep inside the iron, a green light flickers back on.
Why do things grow? Because something in them refuses to stay small.
A story about a lonely inventor, a stolen machine, and a fierce eleven-year-old boy who believes broken things can be mended. About gardens planted in dark places, and the stubborn light that lives inside all of us — iron or otherwise.
"The measure of love is not what it builds, but what it remembers."
Picture Book · Ages 0–5
A Story for Little Readers — Based on the original book
For every small person with a big heart — you are braver than you know.
Why do things grow? Because inside of them there is something that dreams of becoming big.
A gentle, luminous retelling for the very youngest readers. Whiskers is an old inventor who builds a robot called V14 and teaches it to garden, to listen, and to love. When a cruel man called the Baron steals V14, the robot forgets almost everything — except a tiny warmth buried deep inside that no one can reach.
Five years later, V14 is found by a brave boy named Tobias — who has a bad leg and nothing but his father's old tools. Together, they plant a garden. Together, they heal. And when the Baron comes, love wins.
The Author
For as long as I can remember, I have had an insatiable passion for creating new, exciting, and unique things. This creative spark ignited early in my childhood, manifesting in countless doodles, imaginative stories, and wild inventions that existed only in my mind.
From a blank white canvas, I designed outstanding user experiences for millions of people worldwide. The thrill of transforming abstract ideas into tangible, user-friendly interfaces was intoxicating. Each project was a new adventure, a chance to push boundaries and redefine what was possible in the digital realm.
Yet, despite the satisfaction of seeing my designs come to life on screens across the globe, a nagging feeling persisted. There was an untapped well of creativity within me, brimming with countless stories yearning to be told.
With equal parts excitement and trepidation, I decided to write my first book.
Now, with five books across four genres — from historical fiction to middle grade to literary fiction — the journey from designer to author has been the most transformative chapter of my life, and the story is far from over.
Get in Touch
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