Erin Halbmaier

Erin Halbmaier is an author of clean fantasy romance and fairy-tale retellings, best known for The Roumaterra Chronicles. Her stories return to familiar tales such as Cinderella, Rumpelstiltskin, Sleeping Beauty, Robin Hood, and The Goose Girl, then weave them into a shared fantasy world where magic and adventure are closely tied to complicated relationships.

Halbmaier's fiction favors flawed characters and hard-earned happy endings. Romance plays an important role in her books, but her stories are written without explicit sexual content and with minimal violence. Rather than making love effortless, she often explores separation, misunderstandings, forgiveness, and the work required to repair damaged relationships.

Her creative background extends beyond fiction. Halbmaier earned a bachelor's degree in music with an emphasis in voice and an MFA in music composition for the screen before going on to work as a programmer. Music and storytelling remain part of her life alongside coding and writing. She lives in the country with her husband, two children, and their pets.