C.L. Stambush

Storyteller. Speaker. Seeker.

Welcome! C.L. Stambush is the author of Untethered: A Woman’s Search for Self on the Edge of India – A Travel Memoir about her solo 5-month, 7,000-mile journey around India on a Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle. In writing and sharing her classic journey story, proving a woman “can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone she wants,” she hopes to inspire and encourage other women to believe in themselves and follow their dreams, no matter where they take them!

C.L. Stambush, Author

What Readers are Saying About Untethered


Best Book Award Finalist

American Book Festival
Travel: Guides & Essays

Publishers Weekly Review

“… Captured in a confident tone and detail-rich language, C.L. Stambush’s exploits are moving and memorable. Travel aficionados and those in search of an Eat, Pray, Love–style escape, take note.” 

BookLife Prize Critic

“… The prose brings India to life, evoking the beauty and the harshness of the landscape and its people—a mirror image of the author’s transformative journey. C.L. Stambush portrays her metamorphosis in easy tones, and the adventure she includes will keep readers engaged until the very end. There is a strong emphasis on independence running throughout—a theme that is echoed in the vivid descriptions of the many sides of India.” 

Reader Reviews

“What an incredible journey and self-discovery.” Amazon

“… a fascinating look into the experience of a different culture (especially as a woman), and as I began to read and immerse myself in this journey I discovered that it spoke to me on a personal level too.” Goodreads

“A definite must-read for all the women out there searching for more.” Amazon

“You can go anywhere, do anything, be anyone you want.”

C.L. STAMBUSH

As an author, reader, and life-long writer, C.L. Stambush loves everything about the writing process from the spark of an idea to holding a published story in her hands and the whole wild ride between the two. Her passion for the written word flourished because she was weaned on stories. C.L. Stambush’s grandmother spoon-fed her tales from her childhood in the early 1900s, and her mother filled her imagination with accounts of her own childhood escapades and read C.L. stories of adventure and mystery. C.L. Stambush wrote and illustrated her first book when she was five (it had a plot but no narrative arc). With a lifelong feast of stories, words, and books, C.L. Stambush was destined to become a writer.

Writing, however, is not easy. No matter how many years you have practiced the art. As a professional writer with more than 30 years of writing, editing, and publishing stories, C.L Stambush shares her hard-earned knowledge with readers. If you are interested in gaining insight into the workings of writing and storytelling (and a few other surprises) join C.L. Stambush by clicking the button below.

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