Cayla Kluver was born on October 2, 1992 in Wisconsin, where she grew up with her mom, dad, two sisters, and a household of pets. Writing was always a love of Cayla's, and in July 2006 she began writing her first novel, later to be entitled Legacy.
Once the manuscript was finished and revised, the road to publication was not easy. With no credentials to her name, getting the attention of a major literary agent or publisher through conventional methods was proving impossible. So her mother, a lawyer and business professor, eventually decided to create her own publishing company (Forsooth Publishing), and put the book out herself.
Through heavy online promotion, and the touring of schools, libraries, and bookstores, Cayla spread the word about her novel to a small readership, for whose support she is everlastingly thankful. The book was submitted to several awards programs, resulting in a first place win in the Reader Views Literary Awards 2008 for young adult fiction, and a bronze medal in young adult fiction in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards 2008, as well as being a finalist in two categories (young adult fiction; literature & romance) in the National Best Books Awards 2008 sponsored by USA Book News. Legacy also received numerous positive and five-star industry reviews (see Legacy for excerpts). Still, the process, while fun and rewarding at times, was difficult and grueling at others.
In March of 2009, almost a year after Legacy's release by Forsooth, the book was submitted to Amazon for publication for their new Encore program, and the deal was signed at Amazon's offices in April. She also signed with a literary agent -- Kevan Lyon of the Marsal Lyon Literary Agency -- and foresees a wonderful lifetime working relationship. Check out Cayla's Author Blog and the Home page of this website for frequent updates on Legacy, its sequels, and her experience with Encore, which has thus far been nothing short of fantastic.
Cayla is so grateful for her good fortune, and knows she could never have accomplished this on her own. Thank you so much to her family and friends, and everyone out there who supported her by buying the self-published version of Legacy. She looks forward to connecting with a new readership as well!
For more about Cayla, take a look at the FAQs page or her blog. For information on how to reach Cayla, please visit the Contact page.
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*Photo credit goes to Cara Kluver.
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