About Chris

Chris Mullen is an accomplished author, award-winning teacher, and graduate of Texas A&M University. He released five books in his contemporary western mystery series, the CASS CALLAHAN novels, with Wolfpack Publishing in 2024 and 2025, and has published seven titles in his award-winning ROWDY series with Wise Wolf Books. In 2025, he also released The Reckoning of Men, the western horror short story Riders of the Black, and Rowdy: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen on audio through Blackstone Publishing.

With 23 years in education, Chris taught both Kindergarten and Pre-K, and was awarded the Connie Wootton Excellence in Teaching Award from the Southwest Association of Episcopal Schools in 2019. He retired from Calvary Episcopal Preparatory in Richmond, TX. in 2020 to write full time.

Most notably, Rescue (ROWDY 4) and Return (ROWDY 6) were both named 2024 Will Rogers Silver Medallion winners, while Dead or Alive (ROWDY 3) earned a 2023 Will Rogers Bronze Medallion. He is also a 2021 AAU Taekwondo National Champion. Chris is married and has two grown sons.

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"I am thrilled to be on this Author journey. It has been a dream of mine for years, and now things are starting to come together. Does that mean I've stopped dreaming? NO! I continue to dream about what might come next. Where will I be a year from now? That's the million dollar question. For now, I'm taking each day as they come, making the most out of the time gifted to me, and of course, I will be writing, and writing, and writing."

I was a teacher for 23 years and, while I do not have a classroom now, I still want to reach out to kids of all ages. Exploring creativity, imagination, and self-confidence played a major role in my daily lessons and I feel that it is so important to keep these skills alive and growing in children of ALL AGES. It is OK to pretend. It is OK to dress the part. It is OK to dream and create and perform. Live these dreams and hold on to the feelings you had when they were created. Those sparks of creativity only have two options...to burn out, or to grow into a raging blaze of imagination. Winning the Connie Wootton Excellence in Teacher award in 2019 really culminated and validated the work I've done over the years and allowed me to look back and reflect on all that I have a accomplished. I am proud to call myself a teacher. 

I love my family! My wife and two sons have given me the energy, love, and trust I need to pursue a #writerslife. They are my foundation of happiness and joy. While each impact me in different ways, the ingredients we have in our relationships always form the perfect recipe for love. Watching my boys grow up, exceptionally too fast, has been a joy and a reward, and I am so blessed that they are with me and supporting me. And I can't say enough about my wife. The gifts she has given me through the years are immesureable, and to now support me when there is no guarantee of success? My family loves me no matter what, and I will work until my fingers bleed and success pours over them because this is my chance, my time. It's a wonderful gift from them and I don't plan on wasting it.