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Xavier Schwindt / Author & worldmaker

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Xavier Schwindt.

Xavier Schwindt is a Colorado author of fantasy built on earned power and real cost. He founded Crownling Entertainment at fifteen and edited its first anthology, Work of the Hands, released in November 2025. He hosts The Zero to Hero Author podcast and has finished more than ten book-length manuscripts. His time-loop progression fantasy, Apocalypse Dreamer, starts on Royal Road on December 7, 2026.

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