Victoria Lynn Schmidt is an author, instructor, and holistic minded explorer of psychology, spirituality, and creativity.

Her books combine her unique interests in ways that allow her readers to think differently about subjects while offering them practical tools to explore things on their own.

Her first book series is the best selling Creative Writing Series - 45 Master Characters, Story Structure Architect, and Book in a Month. These books combine all of the above to show readers around the world how to hone their craft and reach their dream of writing a book or screenplay. (45 Master Characters was recently translated into Korean)

Drawing on her extensive experience and training in psychology, self healing, and spirituality; she is currently working on a new mainstream series.

Victoria began her career as a screenwriter for film and television. She is a graduate from the prestigious film program at UCLA, holds a master's degree in ScreenWriting from Loyola Marymount University, a Doctorate in Psychology from CCU, and is trained in Holistic Life Coaching. She also attended film school at NYU and studied independent filmmaking in NYC with some of the top artists in the field. Very Gorilla style!

She was awarded the Rocco Viglietta scholarship for creativity, a full Regents Scholarship to UCLA and is a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society.

Victoria also studies Belly Dancing, Yoga, Reiki, Quantum Physics, Martial Arts and Mythology and has a vast library covering a wide variety of subjects. She firmly believes all writers should 'explore and research'

"All of the famous authors I have met have told me of the importance of research to keep their muse well fed. A great writer is also an avid reader."

When you read her books, you will see that Victoria's muse is well fed! Her unique ways of looking at topics shines through her work on every page and often provides those 'ah-ha' moments readers search for.

All of her books are currently available in bookstores around the world.