An Evening of Live Fiction with Chris Arnone

From a rising intersex activist in the Midwest, a candid memoir about growing up different and an inspiring story of self-discovery and self-acceptance. When Chris Arnone was born in Independence, Missouri, nobody could tell what sex he was. For the first few days of his life, until a chromosome test confirmed he was a boy, his parents called him Baby.

Chris M. Arnone (he/him) was weaned on comic books and Hardy Boys novels, finding his first literary love in the X-Men, though his longest lasting is a love for Ray Bradbury. He mostly writes science fiction and fantasy, though he’s known to dabble in poetry, playwriting, and literary fiction. As an intersex man, he is particularly interested in gender and sexuality in his writing. Arnone is author of the cyberpunk heist series, The Jayu City Chronicles. He is a senior contributor for Book Riot and a board member of Whispering Prairie Press. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He also performs on many stages in Kansas City, where he lives with his wife Christy and their cats.