Born nimble to run and swing and throw, dad wasn’t one to sit beside a lazy stream, powerfully gripping a skinny rod, lying in wait for a bob to jump so he could snag a slimy trout. No, fishing was never his game.
Christopher Calcara
About Christopher Calcara
Following an education and degree in Journalism from the University of Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Christopher worked eight years in the field of advertising and public relations in Kansas and Missouri creating marketing campaigns for businesses and institutions featured in both print and broadcast media.
Christopher has written in fiction and creative non-fiction genres that include short stories, memoirs, poetry, plays, and novellas. He has collaborated with composers to write plays with musical scores. Joan is one such musical play that vividly portrays the triumphs and tragedies in the life of Joan of Arc. A portion of its book, music, and lyrics was performed in 2002 under my own direction at the “Living Room,” Kansas City's original entertainment/talk show.
Christopher moved from the Midwest to Phoenix, Arizona in 2004, from Phoenix to Sarasota, Florida in 2007, from Florida to Charleston, South Carolina in 2010 where he was a member of the Lowcountry Creative Writing Forum. He returned to Kansas City in 2012. Each of these locations has greatly inspired and informed his work, but there’s no place like home.