Christopher DeWan is author of HOOPTY TIME MACHINES: fairy tales for grown ups, a collection of domestic fabulism from Atticus Books. He has published more than fifty stories in journals including Hobart, Passages North, Pigeonholes, wigleaf, and X-ray, is featured in Best Small Fictions, and has been nominated twice for the Pushcart Prize.
He has created television projects with AwesomenessTV/Viacom, the Chernin Group, Electric Entertainment, and Showdog Studio, and has collaborated on videogame properties for Bad Robot, Paramount, Universal, and the Walt Disney Company. His screenwriting has been recognized by CineStory, the International Screenwriters' Association, Final Draft, the PAGE Awards, and Sundance.
He currently works as a creative director for WillowTree, a TELUS International company, crafting stories for new and emerging media.
Christopher holds an MFA in writing from the California Institute of the Arts and a degree in philosophy and theater from Cornell University. He has been a consultant for the literary magazine Electric Literature, a contributor at the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, a visiting artist at the Music Center of Los Angeles, and a member of the faculty at Writing Workshops Los Angeles, the Idyllwild Arts Academy, and the University of California Riverside.