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Christopher Sterling Larsen was born February 2nd, 1966. Yes, that's Ground
Hogs Day - he is forever immortalized with the furry creature. No, he doesn't typically look for a shadow on
his birthday, unless he's looking for some shade. He has lived in Minnesota his entire life, so he is not too clear
on the difference between hot & cold - everything is just cold and colder! He has been married to his
wife Nancy for over 15 years, and has two amazing boys - Zachary and Alexander.
From the author... Thanks again for visiting my website. I'm very excited to have it up and running - and to have my
writing career doing the same! I've been writing on and off most of my life - anything from short stories, to lab
papers, to business reports, to technical books, to novels (my favorite!). I remember my first story that I wrote
back in 1976 when I was ten years old. I had just finished reading The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien, and from that day forward
I knew what I wanted to do with the rest of my life. I would become a wizard named Gandalf! Well, not really,
but I was intrigued by the story, and the ability it had to let my mind soar with ideas and imagination. What
if I could write stories like that? I immediately began work on my epic novel title, 'Banderville'.
Yes, it's similar to The Magic Krystal and the Secret of Banderville. I'm glad that thirty years later
the town of Banderville is finally revealed... My first real attempt at writing came shortly after college, where I submitted a science fiction short story
titled, 'Hovering Forward'. It recieved positive reviews, yet my writing profession took a backseat while
I continued my main desire as husband and father. I also spent time writing several technical books and articles for
work. Several years and several technical books later I have finally come around to getting this Banderville
book published. It has morphed into a whole series in fact.
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Graduation from First Year Magician School
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Magicus Regimen!
Ok, perhaps it's not Ben and Jon at Magic School, but it is my two boys
Alex and Zach at Piano School after their recital. Well done boys!
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Sophi The Wonder Dog
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Woof! Woof!
This was taken shortly after she transformed back into her usual self. She looks a little perturbed with not having
hands anymore. Or perhaps it has something to do with having to eat dogfood once again.
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Krystal Keeper Sterling
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Magician Trainer
Ok, it's me, the author. This was taken after a hard days work training 4th Year Apprentice Magicians. Or
was it 4th Grade Soccer Coaching? Chess Coordinating? Dragon Taming? Oh how the magic and mundane mix together
in my world.
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Publications:
Monsters of Minnesota (YA, Schiffer Publishing, Fall
2010)
Crust and Spray: Gross Body Series (MG Nonfiction, Lerner Publishing/Millbrook Press, 2009)
The
Eye of Alma (Short Story, Literary Magic, January 2009)
Ghosts of Southeastern Minnesota (YA Nonfiction,
Schiffer Publishing, September 2008)
Adam of Argotha (YA, Short Story in Anthology, Tyrannosaurus Press Anthology,
July 2008)
Worthy of the Muse (Adult, Non-fiction, Once Upon a Time Magazine, Fall 2008)
Pirate Book
(MG, Short Story, Stories for Children, April 2008)
The Brief Reign of King Johnny (YA, Short Story, Fiction
Flyer, November 2007)
Summer Snowcloud (MG, Short Story, Fandangle, August 2007)
Gates of Nevermore
(MG, Short Story, Scholastic SE, June 2007)
Maximum Performance with WebSphere Application Server v5.1 iSeries
(Technical Nonfiction, IBM Int. ITSO 2005)
Implementing PeopleSoft on AS/400 (Technical Nonfiction, IBM
International ITSO 1999)
AS/400 Lotus Domino Performance Analysis and Capacity Planning (Technical Nonfiction,
IBM International ITSO 1998)
Awards:
Minnesota Book Awards Nomination,
2008, Ghosts of Southeastern Minnesota
Abilene Writers Guild contest, Third Place, 2007, Middle Readers Category,
Penguins of Choice, The Chronicles of Marvin Archibald Trekker: Boy Magician
Tyrannosaurus Press contest, Runner
Up, 2007, YA Short Story, Adam of Argotha
Scholastic SE contest, First Place, 2007, MG Short Story, Gates
of Nevermore
The Write Helper, Notable Entry, 2007, Short Story, The Ringing of a Bell
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