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Chris Cander

Chris Cander
Chris Cander is the USA Today bestselling author of the novels A Gracious Neighbor, The Weight of a Piano, Whisper Hollow, and 11 Stories, and the children's picture book The Word Burglar. Her fiction has been published in twelve languages. A former firefighter, Cander holds a fourth dan in tae kwon do and is a certified women's defensive tactics instructor. She lives in Houston with her husband and two children. For more information, visit www.chriscander.com. Her new novel, The Young of Other Animals, is now available.


Fictionalizing Real Trauma as a Means of Healing

“The psychic burden would’ve been too great if I’d written the story as memoir.”
February 2, 2024  By Chris Cander
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Required Reading: How My Daughter’s Homework Inspired My Novel

Chris Cander on the Perpetual Relevance of Susan Glaspell's 1917 Story “A Jury of Her Peers”
July 1, 2022  By Chris Cander
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When the Sentimental Clutter in Your Life is a Whole Piano

Chris Cander on the Story That Inspired The Weight of a Piano
January 24, 2019  By Chris Cander
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