Children of Light is the fourth published novel by U. S. writerRobert Stone. It was published in 1986.

Children of Light

First edition cover
Author	Robert Stone
Language	English
Genre	Fiction
Publisher	Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date	1986
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	258
ISBN	0-394-52573-6
OCLC	12974687
Dewey Decimal	813.54
LC Class	PS3569.T6418 C5 1986[1]
Preceded by	A Flag for Sunrise
Followed by	Outerbridge Reach

In thefront matter of the published version of the novel, Stone acknowledges that during the writing of this novel he received assistance from theNational Endowment for the Arts and a residency at theVilla Serbelloni.

Portions of this novel were originally published inEsquire,The Paris Review,Playboy, andTriQuarterly.

The story tracks the lives of Gordon Walker, a failed playwright in his 40s and modestly successful screenwriter-actor, and his old flame Lee Verger, the stage name of Lu Anne Bourgeois Morgen, a successful actress who hasparanoid schizophrenia.^[2] Gordon, an alcoholic drug addict whose second wife has just left him, goes on location toMexico where they're filming Walker's screenplay which is an adaptation ofKate Chopin'sThe Awakening that Lu Anne is starring in. Walker discovers that she has gone off of her medication in an attempt to more fully embody her character.