Chris Roberson. Born Dallas Texas. Resides in Portland, Oregon. New York Times bestseller. American science fiction author and publisher. Was part of the writer's collective Clockwork Storybook. He has written over 30 short stories, and dozens of novels including X-Men: The Return, Dawn of War II, Voices of Thunder, Cybermancy, Incorporated, Set the Seas on Fire and Any Time at All. He is also the author of the Celestial Empire alternate history series. His first comic, which he created with fellow author Bill Willingham was the critically acclaimed Fables series. He went on to write for House of Mystery, Superman, Cinderella, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Starborn, Doc Savage, The Shadow, Hellboy, Witchfinder, Firefly, Star Trek, iZombie and several other Fable miniseries to name but a few. Four-time nominee for the World Fantasy Award and also nominated twice for the John W. Campbell Best New Writer Award