About Christopher

CHRISTOPHER J. YATES is the author of the novels Black Chalk , Grist Mill Road and The Rabbit Club.

Black Chalk was an Indie Next Pick that was also named a best book of the year by NPR, and a “must read” by the Boston Globe, BBC.com and the New York Post.

Grist Mill Road was an Entertainment Weekly "Must Read" and one of the NPR Book Concierge's "Best Books of the Year."

Christopher was born in London and studied law at Wadham College, Oxford,. He currently lives in New York’s Hudson Valley and was the area’s dining critic for the Times Union newspaper until 2024. You can find his food writing, as well as fiction updates on his substack Pen & Palate.

He’s also the co-author of 5 Minute Murder, a book of whodunit puzzles. (Click here to purchase in the US, or here for UK links.)