Chris has degrees in Literary Studies & Semiotics and Law from the University of Toronto. He works for an accounting firm providing tax advice on equity-based compensation, and also serves on the board of directors for SKETCH working arts for Toronto's homeless and street involved youth. He is involved with the editorial collective for influencysalon.ca. His poetry and short fiction have appeared in filling Station and other journals, and he is a past winner of the Hart House Literary Contest. This is his first book of poetry.