bio

Writer Chris Claremont has encountered more success than most writers ever dream of. He is a NY Times best-selling author, been awarded the prestigious Kellogg Award in Arts and Letters by Bard College, his alma mater. He has received multiple national and international life time achievement awards, including Italy’s Yellow Kid life time achievement award, Angouleme’s Palm d’Or, the Harvey Award, and been inducted into the Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards Hall of Fame. His papers are collected in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Columbia University, New York.

Chris’s stories are trend-setters for the industry. Although best known for his work on Marvel Comic’s X-Men series where he created the characters of Legion, The New Mutants, Dark Phoenix, Rogue, Gambit, Sabretooth, Kitty Pryde and Mystique amongst many others, he has also written seminal characters such as Batman and Superman; originated Wolverine, The New Mutants and Captain Britain for Marvel and written several creator-owned series. Chris is published world-wide in many different languages. He has authored nine novels.

Chris’s initial unbroken 17-year run on Marvel Comics The Uncanny X-Men is the stuff of industry legend. During that tenure he took a lackluster series and transformed it into the dominant, best-selling title in the industry. Chris is well known for his progressive treatment of women and non-binary characters in a genre that oftentimes relies on stereotype. Chris is equally well-known for his ground-breaking stories that fight prejudice and speak out for inclusivity for all, regardless of race, religion, gender or sexual orientation.

The Summer of 2000 saw the release of the feature film X-Men, based largely on material created by Chris. The second Wolverine movie is based on the graphic novel Wolverine by Chris and Frank Miller. The X-Men movie Days of Future Past hews to his story arc. The trend-breaking TV series Legion is based on his characters, as is the movie The New Mutants. Chris’s continues to do new work for Marvel Comics. Check their catalog for details.