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Lompoc, California, The United States

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Chris White is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, with an MFA in dramatic writing from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and BA from the University of Colorado, Boulder. Born in Lompoc, California to a military family, with roots in Northern Kentucky, White has written for theatre, film and music. She is currently a professor of English at DePauw University teaching creative writing, living near the town of Bainbridge, Indiana on Big Walnut Creek. The Life List of Adrian Mandrick is her first novel.

Chris White’s plays have been produced nationally and internationally, and her play, Rhythms, won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding New Play. She received an Award of Merit at the Women’s Independent Film Festival for her feature-leng ...more

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Chris White Even if I'm not writing at the moment, I keep making notes. There's no expectation in that, but it keeps ideas flowing.…moreEven if I'm not writing at the moment, I keep making notes. There's no expectation in that, but it keeps ideas flowing.(less)

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Chris White For me, writing helps me to be an active participant in the ideas and issues of my life, even if there's nothing physical I can do about them otherwis…moreFor me, writing helps me to be an active participant in the ideas and issues of my life, even if there's nothing physical I can do about them otherwise. It helps me make order where there is chaos. And it immerses me like nothing else.(less)

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The Life List of Adrian Mandrick

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Chris White is now following Joseph Heithaus Author of Poison Sonnets
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Joe Heithaus's poetry is both accessible and profound. His imagery is unique, sensual, precise, lyrical. When it deals with the suffering of life, it does so in a way that provides a sense of universality, making us feel that though we may feel alone ...more
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