The Smoky Corridor

CHRIS GRABENSTEIN’s first book for younger readers, The Crossroads, won both the Anthony Award and the Agatha Award, received a starred review in Booklist, and has garnered critical acclaim from readers of all ages.

Chris was born in Buffalo, New York, and moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee, when he was ten. After college, he moved to New York City with six suitcases and a typewriter to become an actor and writer. For five years, he did improvisational comedy in a Greenwich Village theater with some of the city’s funniest performers, including this one guy named Bruce Willis. Chris used to write TV and radio commercials and has written for the Muppets. He has also written several adult thrillers, including Tilt-a-Whirl, Mad Mouse, and Slay Ride.