Blake E. Schaefer: aka (B.E. Schafer) is an American writer and actor. Born in Evansville, Indiana, he has lived in Illinois and the St. Louis metro area. He has had a long interest in writing and has had a deep love of horror and science fiction in film and books. After reading his first Stephen King novel at the age of twelve, he was hooked. Sometime around the age of 15 he was introduced to many other types of fiction and non- fiction books by a teacher of his. He notes many influences in his life including King, Koontz, Steinbeck, Faulkner, Rice Bradbury and many more. His love of film came from watching the classics with his father on Sunday afternoons. From westerns with Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. And classics such as the Sound of Music and the Exorcist. He notes many film influences, from Boris Karloff, Vincent Price, Clint Eastwood, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Wes Cravens to name a few.His first acting performance was on the high school stage in the role of Paul Sycamore in a production of You Can't Take it with you.In the spring of 2012 while out on a book tour he met some independent horror filmmakers. He had already begun his goal of writing books (under the pen name of B.E. Schafer) now he knew it was time to chase his dream of acting and writing for film.He now resides in Indiana with his wife,seven children, a dog and several cats.He is the author of the Novels Six Toes, Six Toes 2 The Legacy, and Obtuse. He is also written several screenplays. Show less «