Christopher David Rosales' fiction has appeared in anthologies, journals, and magazines, in the U.S. and abroad. His literary political-intrigue novel, 'Silence the Bird, Silence the Keeper' (Mixer Publishing, 2015), won the McNamara Family Creative Arts Grant. Previously he won the Center of the American West's award for fiction three years in a row, and was a finalist for the Faulkner-Wisdom Award. His second novel, 'Gods on the Lam,' (Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, 2017) is a sci-fi thriller. He has a PhD from The University of Denver, where he was recently honored with the Doctoral Research Award. Rosales is an Assistant Professor at the Jack Kerouac School at Naropa University. His newest book, the crime-thriller 'Word is Bone' (Broken River Books) is available now.