Chris with cover artist Rashed AlAkroka

Service dog in training Oski the sheepadoodle (don't worry, Finn just retired)

Oski exhausted after his first "live" writer's conference, Superstars 2022

Chris with Judy Karten and author John Hart

Chris and Oski with author Veronica Calisto

Chris with authors Jonathan Maberry and Marie Whittaker

Chris with her service dog, Ruh, who passed away in 2013

Chris and Finn with author Jim Hines

Chris and new member of her Readers Group

Chris and Oski with author Todd Fahnestock at StarFest 2022

Chris with author Todd Fahnestock

Chris and Oski with authors Jene Jackson and Aaron Michael Ritchey

Jeffery Deaver giving a keynote while Ruh sleeps on his foot

Chris with Oski at his first virtual writer's conference, PPWC 2021

Chris and Ruh with author Marie Lu

Judy Karten, Chris Mandeville, John Hart, Becki Davis

Bonnie Hagan, Laura Hayden, and MB Partlow singing to Chris at PPWC

Todd Fahnestock, Jodi Anderson, Aaron Brown and Chris

Chris and author Ronald Cree

Chris and Oski with authors Todd Fahnestock and Marie Whittaker

Chris and Oski heading into an event

The amazing artist Rashed AlAkroka

Chris with author Kevin J. Anderson

Chris with authors Jodi Anderson (left) and Terri Clark (right)

Chris with Karen Fox (left) and Pam McCutcheon (right)

Chris and author Jeffery Deaver

Finn with author Darby Karchut showing her character "Finn"

Finn and author Aaron Brown

Chris with literary agent Kristin Nelson

Chris and Finn with Shannon Lawrence and Jason Henry

Finn with Ray Martinez

Ruh with authors (and honorary aunties) Pam McCutcheon (left) and Laura Hayden (right)

Chris with Kirsten Akens

Ruh with Anita Mumm

Ruh with authors Aaron Brown (left) and Todd Fahnestock (right)

Chris as part of literary agent Donald Maass' harem

Jeffery Deaver as James Bond with a Bond Girl

Rick Castle and Alexia Tarabotti

Finn in his steampunk cape with Joel Quevellon

Author Joe Lansdale with Ruh