About Christopher Dewitt

Welcome to the official website of author Christopher Dewitt, where creativity meets passion in storytelling.

Biography

Christopher DeWitt grew up in San Diego, California, when it was still a sleepy little Navy town. He now lives in Phoenix Arizona with his wife, Christine, son Alex, and a menagerie of three dogs and two cats. Chris is convinced his house is haunted.

Christopher’s first love in writing is historical fiction. He was introduced to the genre by his Dadwhen he gave him a copy of The Killer Angels, by Michael Shaara, depicting the Battle of Gettysburg.

Christopher’s short stories “The Eye of Sucuri” and “Lit Matches” were published in the anthologies Tenpenny Dreadfuls and UnCensored Ink, respectfully, both published by Wild Ink Publishing.

He is a United States Air Force veteran and a licensed pilot. He loves anything that flies and earthbound machines that go very, very fast, being an avid fan of Formula One, Indycar and NASCAR.

Devil Preacher, a tale of bandits, loyalty and adventure in the early American West, is Christopher’s debut novel. It will be available November 11, 2025.

About

In his own words:

My name is Christopher DeWitt, and I am a writer.

One thing I am very thankful for is having been born into a family of voracious readers. I have my Mom and Dad, primarily, to thank for that particular addiction. I read on the bus to work on my lunch break. Some people think that’s a little weird, and I just don’t get that. Walking through the office I see people glued to their computer screens, watching YouTube or surfing on their lunch breaks. Different strokes, I guess. But why would I want to stare at a computer screen when that is what I must do all day for work?

I started writing my first novel, Devil Preacher as a kind of therapy during COVID, and like most people, I felt trapped, bewildered and befuddled by it all. I saw someone on television talking about ways to get through the whole thing without “going off your trolley,” as Stephen King has put it. One of the ways was writing the proverbial Great American Novel. I remember grumbling back at the television, something like “Oh, yeah, because that’s so easy to do.” Something clicked right then, though. I said to myself, “Self, by God, you’re a writer! Write, for Pete’s sake!” I had mostly written screenplays in the years past, but my muse and I had developed a very estranged relationship, primarily because my “real world” work situation was sucking just about all creative impulses from me, along with my soul.

It just so happened that right around that same time I was reading an old Louis L’Amour paperback western. There was a throwaway line in it about a criminal by the name of John Murrell who had a master plan to set up his very own empire in the American South. That got my attention, as I am always on the lookout for the oddball stories that reside in the oft-forgotten nooks and crannies of history. So, I started delving into the legend of John Murrell and his Mystic Clan, and the more I delved, the more fascinating the story became. In fact, it also got to be a bit on the bizarre side, at times.

Of course, I am planning to write more books. As far as fiction genres go, my interest ranges from historical fiction to horror to science fiction, to westerns, then back again. Some of my favorite authors are Bernard Cornwell, C.S Forester, Fred Saberhagen and Rudyard Kipling, just to name a few.

I don’t know if I can ever presume to join their ranks, but it sure will be fun to give it a shot…