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Chris Well

It's not the end of the world -- which could be a problem ...

About Me

It's official: I'm now signed with Barbour's brand-new cozy mystery imprint, Heartsong Presents -- Mysteries. Check out the details here .
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IN STORES NOW: TRIBULATION HOUSE
It's not the end of the world --
which could be a problem ...
When Reverend Daniel Glory announces that the Rapture is taking place October 17 at 5:51 A.M., MARK HOGAN realizes his boat-buying days are numbered. So he does what any man in his situation would do -- he borrows a load of money from the mob.
But when Jesus fails to come back on schedule, Mark Hogan finds the mob in no mood to discuss the finer points of end-times theology ...
OFFICIAL SITE: StudioWell.com
OFFICIAL BLOG: chriswellnovelist.blogspot.com

My Interests

Music:

Paul Simon, Anberlin, Ryan Wilkins, The Who, Relient K, James Bond soundtracks, Crowded House, Switchfoot, POD, Rush, Debussey, Tonex, Rachmaninoff, Cindy Morgan, Steely Dan, Daniel Amos, Sting, Beatles, Fred Hammond, Burt Bacharach

Movies:

Charlie Chan series, LA Confidential, Ocean's 11, Get Shorty, Thin Man, Shot in the Dark, Unforgiven, North By Northwest, Rear Window, Murder on the Orient Express, Maltese Falcon, Big Sleep, Made

Television:

Mission Impossible, Monk, 30 Rock, Rockford Files, Cheers, Law and Order Criminal Intent, The Munsters, Angel, Columbo, Newsradio, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newart Show, Diagnosis Murder, Arrested Development

Books:

Rex Stout, Matt Bronleewe, Elmore Leonard, Ed McBain, Gregory Mcdonald, Haruki Murakami, Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, Lee Goldberg, Janet Evanovich, Brandilyn Collins, John Grisham, Creston Mapes, Robert Liparulo, Kathryn Mackel, James Ellroy, T.L. Hines, Eric Wilson, Melanie Wells, Tim Downs, C.S. Lewis, Alton Gansky, James Scott Bell

My Blog

FIRST CHAPTER: TRIBULATION HOUSE

Tribulation House by Chris Well EXTRA! EXTRA! READ ALL ABOUT IT! An extra special post is coming out today, May 11th, for an extra special author. The man who started to ball rolling ...
Posted by Chris Well on Fri, 11 May 2007 07:09:00 PST

Hey! Win a copy of Tribulation House

The blog tour for my brand-new comedy-thriller, Tribulation House (Harvest House), is wrapping up -- but you can still try to win a copy of the novel by posting a comment here. (The rules are there, t...
Posted by Chris Well on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:29:00 PST

BLOG TOUR!

I am on a blog tour through Friday. You can check our progress thanks to Technorati -- every blog that includes this link will show up on this page. (And if we get enough of them inside a 48-hour span...
Posted by Chris Well on Thu, 03 May 2007 07:39:00 PST

Publishers Weekly March 26

Publishers Weekly March 26 Another favorable review of Tribulation House, this time from the Mar 26 issue of Publishers Weekly:Genre-breaking faith ficti...
Posted by Chris Well on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 01:19:00 PST

Feisty Crime Novel Skewers the 'Left Behind' Generation

End-times mania has generated a booming industry ever since Hal Lindsey tagged 1988 as the year Jesus would return in his 1971 bestseller, The Late, Great Planet Earth. The legacy continued in Edgar W...
Posted by Chris Well on Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:46:00 PST

Mystery TV Themes: MANNIX

Spotlighting the great themes from mystery/crime TV shows ...MANNIXFor eight seasons on CBS (1967-75), Mike Connors starred as Joe Mannix, a private eye in the hardboiled tradition. From Thrilling Det...
Posted by Chris Well on Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:39:00 PST

Thriller Workshop videos

New York Times bestselling author Gayle Lynds' conducted workshop on writing thrillers at the International Thriller Writers' 2006 ThrillerFest. I've posted the five-part video at Learning Curve....
Posted by Chris Well on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 03:39:00 PST

Nifty new TRIBULATION HOUSE banner

This web banner was created by Richard Cooper. Find his blog at http://satorikick.com....
Posted by Chris Well on Sun, 11 Mar 2007 12:43:00 PST

TRIBULATION HOUSE update

Some updates regarding my upcoming end-times(ish) comedy-thriller Tribulation House:Our tour with the Christian Fiction Blog Alliance is April 18-20.We got some excellent endorsements this time around...
Posted by Chris Well on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 07:45:00 PST

Outrageous verdict for Eric Volz

For those who have not heard about this, Nashville native Eric Volz was falsely accused of murder in Nicaragua. The update from his family:With the heaviest heart we inform everyone that the judge ju...
Posted by Chris Well on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:12:00 PST