Christopher Rose is originally from Seattle, Washington and he currently resides in Portland, Oregon. He has received grants from the Oregon Arts Commission, Jade District/Midway Artist Placemakers Project, the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and is a 2019 recipient of an Oregon Literary Fellowship. He is an alum of the Cave Canem Workshop, the VONA Workshop, and he has attended residencies at the Millay Colony, PLAYA, and the Sitka Center for Ecology and the Arts. Chris completed his MFA in Genre Writing from Western Colorado University.