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Chris Jacoby

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Born

in Queens, NY, The United States

Website

https://www.chrisjacobyauthor.com/

Genre

Gay and Lesbian, Fiction, Romance

Influences

John Grisham/James Patterson/ Pat Conroy/Stephen King

Member Since

March 2025

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Chris is originally from Long Island, New York. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the Air Force, where he built a rewarding career spanning over fourteen years. During his service, he held several positions in the Human Resources field that commanded strong communication skills--both written and spoken. Through years of counseling airmen, briefing large audiences, and crafting policy and procedural manuals, he honed the ability to communicate with clarity and purpose. It was in those moments that Chris discovered that writing wasn't just a professional skill--it was something he genuinely enjoyed.
Outside of work, writing became a therapeutic outlet--a way to process emotion, reflect on life, and give shape to personal exp ...more

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Average rating: 4.3 · 33 ratings · 7 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Frontier Kindred 4.73 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	UNBOUND: A Journey of Escape, Identity, & Love 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Behind the Scenes of Unbound: The Opening Chapter

Hey Everyone!

As promised, I’m circling back to Unbound this month to take a deeper dive into specific scenes and characters—exploring the inspiration behind them, the personal parallels, and where fact meets fiction.

For this first scene spotlight, I want to talk about the opening chapter. It felt only fitting to start here because that moment—while fictionalized—was rooted in a pivotal experience

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Chris Jacoby wrote a new blog post Behind the Scenes of Unbound: The Opening Chapter Hey Everyone!As promised, I’m circling back to Unbound this month to take a deeper dive into specific scenes and characters—exploring the inspiration Read more of this blog post »
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Chris Jacoby answered Chris Jacoby's question: What's next for you as a writer? I'm thrilled to be releasing my next novel, Frontier Kindred, soon. It's an LGBTQ+ historical fiction story set in the late 1800s--a tale of quiet courage, found family, and love in a world that doesn't make either easy. It's very different from Unbo See Full Answer
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