Chris Bell

Chris Bell was born in the autumn of the 20th Century. Shrugging off this early setback, he moved from Holyhead to Hamburg, via London, in a futile search for any of the trappings of rock superstardom, before arriving in New Zealand where, having gone as far as he could, he now works as a writer. His short stories have appeared in 'The Third Alternative'; 'Grotesque'; 'The Heidelberg Review'; 'Transversions'; 'Not One of Us'; and 'Takahe', as well as on the internet. ‘The Cruel Countess’ was anthologised in The Year’s Best Fantasy & Horror (10th Annual Edition), published by St Martin’s Griffin Books, in which his collection The Bumper Book of Lies received an honourable mention. Liquidambar, his first novel, was the winner of the 2004 UKAuthors/PADB ‘Search for a Great Read’ competition.