Charles Stefania is a Netherlands-based novelist, screenwriter and songwriter. He publishes independently and holds the rights to his own work, developing each book together with its screen adaptation: both JO: A Life Between Tides and HUMAN: A History of Light and Shadow exist as a book, a feature screenplay and a series bible.
Alongside the writing he composes and releases original music under his own name. He is currently at work on his third book.
BooksTwo published titles on Amazon, and a third in progress.
ScreenA feature screenplay and a series bible for each title.
MusicOriginal songs, written and released under his own name.
The Work
Books & Screen
JOA Life Between Tides
Novel · Feature Screenplay · 2-Season Series Bible
JO: A Life Between Tides
Three strangers fleeing their old lives wash up in an unmapped, tide-governed harbor town hiding a mysterious, heartbeat-humming factory — and must decide whether to keep running or finally let themselves arrive, before the outside world catches up with them.
A melodramatic psychological mystery. The novel is available now; the feature screenplay and two-season series bible were built from it.
An ongoing series that follows the real, unfiltered process of writing and publishing JO: A Life Between Tides — from the first draft through querying, and the setbacks along the way.