Christopher Krovatin

Chris Krovatin
Born	June 24, 1985 New York, New York

Christopher Krovatin (born 1985) is an American author and musician currently living in New York City. He has published two novels, 2006's Heavy Metal and You and 2008's Venomous, as well as writing for the heavy metal magazine Revolver Magazine.

Biography and career

Christopher Krovatin was born in New York City to author, journalist and columnist Anna Quindlen. He began to write his first book, Heavy Metal and You, at age 16, after being hired as an intern for David Levithan. In 2007 he graduated from Wesleyan University and the following year he published his second novel, Venomous, about a teen, Locke Vinetti, whose rage might have a supernatural manifestation. Venomous has been adapted into a comic book by Dark Horse Comics, Deadlocke, and has been optioned as a screenplay.^[1][2] Through these two Young Adult novels, Krovatin has amassed an at-times deeply impassioned young following^{[citation needed]}. Krovatin's third novel, not yet published, was the second acquisition made by Diane Salvatore after being made publisher of Broadway Books. It is currently in production.^[3]

In 2008 Krovatin began a stint working as an editorial assistant at Revolver Magazine. He has since stopped working at the Revolver offices but is still a regular contributor, writing reviews and articles for both their print and web arms, as well as writing his own regular feature for the Revolver blog, the Final Six.

Music

In addition to his writing career, Krovatin is the singer of the Astoria, Queens-based death metal band, Flaming Tusk, under the pseudonym Stolas Trephinator. Krovatin has been the sole vocalist and lyricist since he joined in February 2008. He has full or partial lyrics credits on 7 out of 8 of the tracks on their most recent LP, Old, Blackened Century.^[4]

References

1. ^ Dark Horse Comic Information
2. ^ Announcement of Comic and Screenplay adaptation
3. ^ article in The New York Observer, "Chris Krovatin, Anna Quindlen's Metalhead Son, Sells Novel to Broadway"
4. ^ OBC album and credits page

External links

• MySpace page
• Official author page at Krovatin's publisher's website
• Flaming Tusk official website
• Author page at PUSH
• Twitter feed

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Date of birth	June 24, 1985
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