Constanza Mayer was born in Santiago, Chile. She spent most of her childhood living in different cities across Chile until she finally settled down for about six years in the small village of Beecher City, Illinois. There, she began her true journey into the realm of fantasy and all things magical—Harry Potter, The Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars fed her imaginative mind. This is when, at 13, she began to write her first fantasy novel, but, sadly, it was lost due to a computer virus.
In 2004, she moved back to Chile with her family where the cultural shock, and having lost what she had written, stopped her writing streak. Only in her last years of university could she write again. This is where The Battle of the Erathiel began to develop. The seed was planted.
After a few years of hard work and living in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she finished the first novel of her series in Santiago, Chile on October 29, 2016. Currently, she is working on the Spanish edition of Across the Enchanted Sea with Chilean editorial Tríada Ediciones and preparing an anniversary edition of her first book. Book two of the series is soon to start its edition process as well.
Constanza is an avid reader, a lover of the arts, and a devoted piano player and composer. Among her dreams, she hopes to continue traveling across the world to fill herself with more experiences to write from, as she typically says:
“Hay que vivir para poder escribir.”
“You must live so that you may write.”
On June 5, 2023, she married the love of her life, Carter Shoemaker, making her dream of finding true love a reality. She is now Mrs. Shoemaker but will continue using Constanza Mayer as her pen name.
