My name is Christopher Reinking Stuart, though I hope my nom de plume C.
R. Stuart will stick in your minds more. It's short and classy, evokes
the greats like J. R. R. Tolkien and H. G. Wells and C. S. Lewis. More
importantly, it's far less clunky than my full name, but far more
distinct and unique than "Chris"!
I'm a rookie author who was lucky enough to have his career kick started
right out of college when the wonderful folks at The Marfan Foundation
dropped a contract right on my lap as soon as I graduated. No need to
mooch off my parents or flip burgers until I stumbled upon a hit! That
led to my first book "Dude, I'm just a Giraffe", which was of all things
a memoir! I know, apparently I'm a fascinating enough fellow already
for people to ask for my autobiography before I had even published my
first book! I must be absolutely astounding! But more seriously, the
reason for this is that I had a the dubious privilege of having both
Autism and Marfan Syndrome (and genetic heart condition) while I was
growing up, and seeing as I was already a regular contributor to the
Foundation and the leadership knew I wished to be an author, they
decided to contract me to write this book for them.
And while I am eternally grateful for that opprotunity, non-fiction is
not where I want most of my career to be. From here on out, expect a lot
of Science Fiction and Fantasy from your boy!