Press Kit - Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) Contact Curtis
Photographs Permission is granted to freely use the following photographs for promotional or press purposes so long as they are credited to Folly Blaine. (Click through to download full-size images; crop as needed.)
Name Format In print, any of these variants on my name is fine: Curtis Curtis Chen Chen Mr. Chen For bylines, please include my middle initial, "C." My pronouns are he/him.
Bibliography See a complete list of my published and forthcoming works at: https://CurtisCChen.com/stories
Appearances See a complete list of upcoming author appearances at: https://CurtisCChen.com/events
Bios of Varying Length 25 Words Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) writes stories near Portland, Oregon. He is the award-winning author of the bestselling KANGAROO science fiction spy thrillers. 50 Words Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories near Portland, Oregon. He's the award-winning author of the bestselling KANGAROO series of funny science fiction spy thrillers and the lead writer for Realm's Echo Park podcast. https://CurtisCChen.com 100 Words Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories near Portland, Oregon. He's the award-winning author of the bestselling KANGAROO series of funny science fiction spy thrillers and has written for the Realm original podcasts Echo Park, Ninth Step Murders, and Machina. Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and elsewhere. His homebrew cat feeding robot was displayed in the "Worlds Beyond Here" exhibit at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum. Visit him online: https://CurtisCChen.com 150 Words Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel Waypoint Kangaroo (a 2017 Locus Awards and Endeavour Award Finalist) is the first in a series of funny science fiction spy thrillers, followed by Kangaroo Too (which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly) and True Blue Kangaroo (a Smashwords bestseller for three months running). He has written for the Realm original podcasts Echo Park, Ninth Step Murders, and Machina. Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and elsewhere. His homebrew cat feeding robot was displayed in the "Worlds Beyond Here" exhibit at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum. He is a graduate of the Clarion West and Viable Paradise writers' workshops. Learn more about Curtis at: https://CurtisCChen.com Long Form Bio (500 words) Once a software engineer in Silicon Valley, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes fiction near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel Waypoint Kangaroo, a science fiction spy thriller, was a 2017 Locus Awards Finalist in the First Novel category and a 2017 Endeavour Award Finalist. Kangaroo Too, the second book in the series, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Book three, True Blue Kangaroo, was a Smashwords bestseller for three consecutive months. Curtis is the current Board Secretary for Willamette Writers. From 2017-2021, he served as Secretary of the Board for The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). In 2010, Curtis co-founded Puzzled Pint in Portland, Oregon, then oversaw its growth into a global charity and served as President until 2021. Curtis is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy: the first movie he saw in a theatre was Star Wars in 1977, and the first TV shows he remembers watching—as an infant, from his crib—were Star Trek (the original series), Space: 1999, and Bewitched. He devoured Asimov's Robot stories as a young child, burned through Niven's Known Space novels as a teenager, read a ton of John le Carré even though he didn't get all the political nuance, and once dared to write an assigned book report for English class on one of Diane Duane's Star Trek tie-in novels. (He only did that once.) Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and many other print and online publications. He is a graduate of the Clarion West and Viable Paradise writers' workshops, and his first writing critique seminar was taught by Pat Murphy and Ursula K. Le Guin. From 2008 to 2013, Curtis posted a new flash fiction piece every Friday on a blog called "512 Words or Fewer." 117 of those very short stories are collected in the book Thursday's Children. Random fun fact: from 2000 to 2008, Curtis performed with The Richter Scales, a San Francisco-based men's a cappella group. He continues to be a big fan of singing karaoke with friends (technically, noraebang). Gamers may also know Curtis as "that guy who captained Team Snout." He's been making puzzle events with friends since 2001, co-hosted a Game Control podcast from 2009-2015, and in 2024 received a Special Acknowledgement from the Bravo Awards. Would you like to know more? https://CurtisCChen.com

Press Kit - Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇)

Contact Curtis

Photographs

Permission is granted to freely use the following photographs for promotional or press purposes so long as they are credited to Folly Blaine. (Click through to download full-size images; crop as needed.)

Name Format

In print, any of these variants on my name is fine:

Curtis
Curtis Chen
Chen
Mr. Chen

For bylines, please include my middle initial, "C."

My pronouns are he/him.

Bibliography

See a complete list of my published and forthcoming works at: https://CurtisCChen.com/stories

Appearances

See a complete list of upcoming author appearances at: https://CurtisCChen.com/events

Bios of Varying Length

25 Words

Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) writes stories near Portland, Oregon. He is the award-winning author of the bestselling KANGAROO science fiction spy thrillers.

50 Words

100 Words

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories near Portland, Oregon. He's the award-winning author of the bestselling KANGAROO series of funny science fiction spy thrillers and has written for the Realm original podcasts Echo Park, Ninth Step Murders, and Machina. Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and elsewhere. His homebrew cat feeding robot was displayed in the "Worlds Beyond Here" exhibit at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum. Visit him online: https://CurtisCChen.com

150 Words

Once a Silicon Valley software engineer, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes stories near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel Waypoint Kangaroo (a 2017 Locus Awards and Endeavour Award Finalist) is the first in a series of funny science fiction spy thrillers, followed by Kangaroo Too (which received a starred review from Publishers Weekly) and True Blue Kangaroo (a Smashwords bestseller for three months running). He has written for the Realm original podcasts Echo Park, Ninth Step Murders, and Machina.

Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and elsewhere. His homebrew cat feeding robot was displayed in the "Worlds Beyond Here" exhibit at Seattle's Wing Luke Museum. He is a graduate of the Clarion West and Viable Paradise writers' workshops.

Learn more about Curtis at: https://CurtisCChen.com

Long Form Bio (500 words)

Once a software engineer in Silicon Valley, Curtis C. Chen (陳致宇) now writes fiction near Portland, Oregon. His debut novel Waypoint Kangaroo, a science fiction spy thriller, was a 2017 Locus Awards Finalist in the First Novel category and a 2017 Endeavour Award Finalist. Kangaroo Too, the second book in the series, received a starred review from Publishers Weekly. Book three, True Blue Kangaroo, was a Smashwords bestseller for three consecutive months.

Curtis is the current Board Secretary for Willamette Writers. From 2017-2021, he served as Secretary of the Board for The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association (SFWA). In 2010, Curtis co-founded Puzzled Pint in Portland, Oregon, then oversaw its growth into a global charity and served as President until 2021.

Curtis is a lifelong fan of science fiction and fantasy: the first movie he saw in a theatre was Star Wars in 1977, and the first TV shows he remembers watching—as an infant, from his crib—were Star Trek (the original series), Space: 1999, and Bewitched. He devoured Asimov's Robot stories as a young child, burned through Niven's Known Space novels as a teenager, read a ton of John le Carré even though he didn't get all the political nuance, and once dared to write an assigned book report for English class on one of Diane Duane's Star Trek tie-in novels. (He only did that once.)

Curtis' shorter works have appeared in Playboy Magazine; the ENNIE Award-winning Kobold Guide to Roleplaying; The Year's Best Fantasy, Volume 2; Aliens vs. Predators: Ultimate Prey; and many other print and online publications. He is a graduate of the Clarion West and Viable Paradise writers' workshops, and his first writing critique seminar was taught by Pat Murphy and Ursula K. Le Guin. From 2008 to 2013, Curtis posted a new flash fiction piece every Friday on a blog called "512 Words or Fewer." 117 of those very short stories are collected in the book Thursday's Children.

Random fun fact: from 2000 to 2008, Curtis performed with The Richter Scales, a San Francisco-based men's a cappella group. He continues to be a big fan of singing karaoke with friends (technically, noraebang).

Gamers may also know Curtis as "that guy who captained Team Snout." He's been making puzzle events with friends since 2001, co-hosted a Game Control podcast from 2009-2015, and in 2024 received a Special Acknowledgement from the Bravo Awards.

Would you like to know more? https://CurtisCChen.com

Curtis is not an aardvark.
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