Bio
Once upon a time, Chris designed microprocessors for Intel Corporation in California. Fearing life might become too easy, he left the United States and moved down to Brazil to run a penniless video game start-up. He took with him just the essentials: two suitcases of clothes and a stuffed dragon.
But more on that later.
Chris has been creating stories since before he could write, but has dedicated the last several years to improving his craft (i.e., figure out what the hell he's doing). He's participated in critique groups, attended Viable Paradise workshop, and written hundreds of thousands of words.
He still has a long way to go.
As for Brazil, there were some rough years, but it turned out all right. Chris's studio was purchased by video game giant Ubisoft, where he worked as Creative Director. These days Chris is a university professor and independent consultant, working with narratives and intellectual property creation.
And, most important, he still has the dragon.
Find out more about Christopher's Elephant and Macaw Banner series of stories at: http://www.eamb.org/
Bibliography
Christopher's full bibliography and softology can be found here.
Novelettes
"The Fortuitous Meeting of Gerard van Oost and Oludara", Realms of Fantasy, April 2010
Duplo Fantasia Heroica, Devir, December 2010 (Portuguese)
Finalist, NEBULA Award for Best Novelette, 2010
Books
The Faery Taile Project: Book One (co-written with Jim C. Hines), CatsCuriousPress, November 2008
Short Stories
"Dragon Dreams on Cardboard Wings and Tiny Scraps of Yellow", Daily Science Fiction, November 2010
"Even Dragons Dance", Forgotten Worlds, #6, November 2006
Universe Pathways, #4, January 2007
Nowa Fantastyka, #3/2007, March 2007 (Polish)
Dragons, Knights, & Angels, #45, June 2007
Συμπαντικές Διαδρομές, #10, December 2007 (Greek)
Pevnost, #2/2008, February 2008 (Czech)
Himmelskibet, #17, July 2008 (Danish)
"Between the 'Sheets'", Every Day Fiction, September 2007
The Best of Every Day Fiction 2008, December 2008
"The Creation of God", Burst, Summer 2008
"Sky Dive", Spaceports & Spidersilk, Vol 1.2, June 2008
"Kroop and the Master of Games", Beyond Centauri, January 2009
"The Master's Eggs", Third Order, June 2008
"The Perfect Couple", Every Day Fiction, December 2007
"Heart to Heart", From the Asylum, February 2007
Drabblecast (audio), #49, January 2008
Tales From the Asylum: Year 4 Anthology, (forthcoming 2009)
"Wizard's Study", Beyond Centauri, IV.1, July 2006
"Daddy's Little Boy", Deep Magic, #41, October 2005
Nowa Fantastyka, #3/2006, March 2006 (Polish)
Poems
"Labors of Mythic Proportions", Illumen, (Forthcoming 2010)
"Propelled", Mindflights, July 2010
"Pirate Résumé'", From the Asylum, July 2009
"Alien Intrusion", Appalling Limericks, January 2007