Biography
Chris Bower is an Adjunct Instructor in the English and Creative Writing Department at Columbia College Chicago. Chris is a playwright and the author of the short story collection Little Boy Needs Ride (Curbside Splendor) and the novella The Family Dogs, which was part of the My Very End of the Universe novella collection published by Rose Metal Press. His latest theatrical production, 99% Celery: Dinner in the Garden of Glass Whales, debuted at RhinoFest 2020 at the PROP THTR in Chicago. Chris holds a MFAW from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Degrees
B.A., Rhetoric with Minor in Special Education University of Illinois Urbana Champaign 1999
M.F.A., Writing School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2005