Chris Kuzneski

{{Infobox writer

| name = Chris Kuzneski

| image = Chris Kuzneski at Frederik's Church.jpg

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|9|2}}

| birth_place = Indiana, Pennsylvania, U.S.

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| occupation = Author

| alma_mater = University of Pittsburgh

| education = Master of Arts

| genre = Action-adventure, Action-thriller, Adventure, Mystery, Thriller, Techno-thriller

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| notableworks = The Plantation
Sign of the Cross
Sword of God
The Lost Throne
The Hunters

| website = {{URL|chriskuzneski.com}}

}}

Chris Kuzneski (born September 2, 1969) is an American novelist. His eleventh novel, The Prisoner's Gold, won the Thriller Award for the 2016 Book of the Year at a gala hosted by the International Thriller Writers (ITW) in New York City on July 9, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://thrillerwriters.org/programs/thriller-awards/|title=International Thriller Writers – 2016 Thriller Awards|website=thrillerwriters.org|access-date=2016-04-09}} His works have also been honored by the Florida Book Awards and named a Literary Guild's featured selection.{{cite news | url=http://online.indianagazette.com/articles/2010/07/18/news/10047991.txt | first=Heather | last=Roth | title=Kuzneski enjoys hectic life of novelist | newspaper=Indiana Gazette | date=2010-07-18 | location=Indiana, PA | accessdate=2010-08-06 }}{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Biographical sketch

Born in Indiana, Pennsylvania, Kuzneski currently lives in Tampa, Florida. In the fourth grade, he wrote The Monster Cookbook, which so impressed the librarian that it was bound and placed in the school library.{{cite journal | url=http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/sept2001/hc_spotlight.html | title=Thrilling Book | first=Debra Martin | last=Koma | journal=Pitt Magazine | date=September 2001 | publisher=University of Pittsburgh | location=Pittsburgh, PA | accessdate=2010-08-06 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314155337/http://www.pittmag.pitt.edu/sept2001/hc_spotlight.html | archive-date=2012-03-14 | url-status=dead }} He played football at the University of Pittsburgh where he received his undergraduate degree in writing and his master's degree in teaching. While studying at Pitt, he wrote for The Pitt News, the Indiana Gazette, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. From 1992 until 1998, he taught English and coached football in two western Pennsylvania school districts and was selected to Who's Who Among America's Teachers. However, he knew he wanted to be an author, so he left teaching and started working on his first novel, The Plantation.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chriskuzneski.com/about/about.html |title=Author biography at www.chriskuzneski.com |access-date=2010-08-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100807025829/http://www.chriskuzneski.com/about/about.html |archive-date=2010-08-07 |url-status=dead }}