Christopher Knowles

Christopher Knowles is the author of the newly-published novel, He Will Live Up in the Sky. He is also the author of The Secret History of Rock 'n' Roll: The Mysterious Roots of Modern Music (Viva Editions). He is also the author of the Eagle Award-winning Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes (RedWheel Weiser) and the critically-acclaimed Clash City Showdown: The Music, The Meaning and The Legacy of The Clash (PageFree Publications). He's co-author of The Complete X-Files: Behind the Series, the Myths, and the Movies (Insight Editions), the authorized companion to the long-running TV series.

Christopher was a longtime associate editor and contributing writer for the five-time Eisner Award-winning magazine Comic Book Artist and has contributed feature articles to magazines like Comic Book Marketplace and the popular industry website, Comic Book Resources.

Christopher has also written features, columns and reviews for Classic Rock, one of the top music magazines from the UK. His Jimmy Page cover-story was featured in the best-selling issue in that magazine's history.

Christopher has appeared at the New York Comicon and lectured on pop culture and mythology at the Center for Theory and Research at the legendary Esalen Institute in Big Sur in 2008 and 2009.

Christopher has appeared in the documentaries Wendy O. Williams and The Plasmatics (MVD Visual), Wonder Woman: Daughter of Myth (Warner Bros.) and The Man, the Myth, Superman (Warner Bros. Christopher has appeared on the popular ABC newsmagazine 20/20 as well as numerous podcasts and radio talk shows on NPR, Voice of America and various commercial stations.

Christopher lives in New Jersey with his wife and family.