• Virginia Festival of the Book – Charlottesville, VA

    Omni Charlottesville Hotel (Monroe Room) 212 Ridge McIntire Road, Charlottesville, VA

    Chris will participate in the panel "Crime Wave: Race-to-the-Finish Mysteries" along with authors Nicole Baart (Little Broken Things), Lyndsay Faye (Jane Steele), and Philip Gerard (The Dark of the Island) at the Virginia Festival of the Book. Author Meredith Cole will moderate.

  • Dahlonega Literary Festival – Dahlonega, GA

    Dahlonega Literary Festival Lumpkin County Community House, Dahlonega, GA

    Chris will participate on a panel, "My First Novel," along with Anna Schachner, author of You and I and Someone Else.  The panel will take place from 12:15 to 1:15.

  • Signal Mountain Library – Signal Mountain, TN

    Signal Mountain Library 1114 James Blvd., Signal Mountain, TN

    Chris will discuss his novel Shadow of the Lions at the Signal Mountain Library in Signal Mountain, TN.

  • Townsend Prize for Fiction Ceremony

    Chris will join the other nominees for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction at the Old Courthouse in Decatur.  The keynote speaker will be Guggenheim recipient and two-time National Book Award nominee Brad Watson, author of Miss Jane. The finalists for the 2018 Townsend Prize for Fiction are: The Guineveres by Sarah Domet Over the Plain Houses by […]

  • Literary Guild of St. Simons Island – St. Simons Island, GA

    Chris will participate in a Coffee with the Author with the Literary Guild of St. Simons Island, GA.  Free for Literary Guild members, $10 for guests.  Reservations recommended (click this link to reserve tickets via Eventbrite).

    $10
  • A Novel Idea: Mystery/Thriller Night – Canton, GA

    Come on out to A Novel Idea in Canton for literary dinner theater.  It's Mystery/Thriller Night, featuring Chris alongside fellow authors Anne Lovett, Jason Sheffield, Shane Etter, Erica Gerald Mason, and Kim Bryan.  Door prizes!

  • PAPERBACK LAUNCH: Hudson Library – Highlands, NC

    The paperback of Shadow of the Lions drops today!  Come celebrate with Chris at Hudson Library's "Books & Bites" in Highlands, NC.  Light lunch provided and books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.

  • Malaprop’s – Asheville, NC

    Chris will give a reading and signing to help kick off the paperback tour for Shadow of the Lions.