It’s been a long and winding road . . .
I’ve benefited from a wide-ranging and nontraditional career path. I’ve told stories as a journalist and managed a team of creatives, spent 15 years as an entrepreneur, and am currently an IT leader at a Fortune 500 company.
For my next chapter, I’m channeling all those experiences into telling stories about real people struggling with the human condition.
I completed three award-winning screenplays in 2022-23, including:
Faithful Intentions: A TV pilot that deals with addiction, a loss of faith, and the chasm between the rich and poor.
Madness: A dark-comedic feature that takes place at the intersection of amateur athletics, social media, NIL, sports gambling and corporate-American greed.
Center of the Universe: A comedic short about a stranger who interrupts a birthday celebration at an AA meeting.
My first novel, Bicentennial Summer, is a YA coming-of-age story set in 1976 small-town America. It is the first book of The Cottonwood Chronicles trilogy and is now available on Amazon.
Book two, Burning Summer, will be available in Fall 2025.
Book three, Bye, Bye Summer, will conclude The Cottonwood Chronicles trilogy in late 2026.
I live just outside my hometown of Omaha with my wife, Sue, our two kids, and our two rescue dogs. If you’re ever in the neighborhood, stop by for a cup of coffee.
Chris Poore