Chris Campbell
Author
New Release
The Strangest of Places (2022)
“Life is the ultimate choose-your-own adventure book, only it’s not as simple as making the choice to turn right down the dark hallway or left down the well-lit one. Despite what previous experiences might have taught us, dark doesn’t always mean dangerous, and light doesn’t always mean safe…”
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It’s 1993 and eighteen-year-old Autumn MacLeod is tired of being alone.
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An absent father, an emotionally unavailable mother, and a group of viciously mean girls in middle school have all contributed to Autumn’s reticence to not only trust in others, but believe in herself. Shortly after Autumn is introduced to Phish, and their community of like-minded music lovers, she meets John Bryan.
John can tell right away that Autumn is not like other girls. As she begins to discover who she is, John’s unwavering interest in pursuing a relationship with her will challenge Autumn to choose between the emotional safety of letting him pass by, or taking a risk on the vulnerability that comes with falling in love.
In addition to being a wife, mom, pal and confidant, Chris Campbell is a lifelong music geek and reading/writing nerd. Her earliest memories center on her mother's vinyl collection of Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, and various Broadway musicals, as well as the artwork on the labels of 45s that her teenaged cousins brought over to play on her Holly Hobbie record player when they'd come to babysit her.
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Chris's own vinyl collection began with the motion picture soundtrack to "Annie," "She's So Unusual" by Cyndi Lauper, "Dare to Be Stupid" by Weird Al Yankovic, and Michael Jackson's "Thriller." The first cassette tape she ever bought was Bon Jovi's "Slippery When Wet," and her first CD was "God Fodder" by Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
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Chris has seen over 350 concerts since her first: Bon Jovi with Skid Row opening at Great Woods in Mansfield, Massachusetts, in 1989. Among Chris's favorite live performance memories are Phish, The Grateful Dead (at Fare Thee Well; she never saw them with Jerry), Paul McCartney, Metallica, R.E.M, Stone Temple Pilots, U2, Jane's Addiction, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Beastie Boys, Smashing Pumpkins, Alice in Chains, Simon and Garfunkel, Crosby, Stills & Nash, and Pearl Jam.
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As an independent author, she manages all her own web properties and social media channels (and finds it very odd to speak about herself in the third person), so if you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to her on whichever platform you prefer.
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