Chris Morris (author)
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Christopher Crosby Morris (born 1946) is an American
United States
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 author
Author
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 of fiction and non-fiction, as well as a lyricist, musical composer, and singer-songwriter. He is married to author Janet Morris
Janet Morris
Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...

. He is a defense policy and strategy analyst and a principal in M2 Technologies, Inc. He writes primarily as Chris Morris
Chris Morris
Chris Morris may refer to:* Chris Morris , gay rights activist* Chris Morris , American football player for the Detroit Lions...

, a shortened form of his name, but occasionally uses pseudonyms.

Background

Chris Morris began writing music in 1966, fiction in 1984, and nonfiction in 1989. Much of his fiction and nonfiction literary work, including all of his book-length science fiction and fantasy, has been written in collaboration with his wife Janet Morris
Janet Morris
Janet Ellen Morris is an American author of fiction and nonfiction, best known for her fantasy and science fiction and her authorship of a nonlethal weapons concept for the U.S. military.-Writing:...

, with whom he has also written two novels under the joint pseudonym of Daniel Stryker and one novel under the pseudonym of Casey Prescott. He has contributed short fiction to the shared universe
Shared universe
A shared universe is a fictional universe to which more than one writer contributes. Work set in a shared universe share characters and other elements with varying degrees of consistency. Shared universes are contrasted with collaborative writing, in which multiple authors work on a single story....

 series Thieves' World, Heroes in Hell
Heroes in Hell
Heroes in Hell is a series of shared world fantasy books, within the genre Bangsian fantasy, created and edited by Janet Morris and written by her, Chris Morris, C. J. Cherryh and others...

, and Merovingen Nights
Merovingen Nights
Merovingen Nights is a series of shared world science fiction books set in writer C. J. Cherryh's Alliance-Union universe. There are eight books in the series, a novel by Cherryh, Angel With the Sword, and seven short fiction anthologies which Cherryh edited...

. He has also co-authored with Janet Morris four titles in The Sacred Band of Stepsons
The Sacred Band of Stepsons
The Sacred Band of Stepsons is a fictional ancient cavalry unit created by Janet Morris and based on the historical Sacred Band of Thebes, an elite strike force of paired lovers and friends that flourished during the fourth century BCE in ancient Greece, where sexuality was a behavior, not an...

saga.

Chris Morris has also authored song lyrics and melodies. Notably, Chris served as chief songwriter, singer, and leader of the "Christopher Morris Band", formed in 1976, whose first members were Chris Morris, Janet Morris, Leslie Kuipers and Vince Colaiuta. The first "Christoper Morris Band" album, produced by Al Kooper
Al Kooper
Al Kooper is an American songwriter, record producer and musician, known for organizing Blood, Sweat & Tears , providing studio support for Bob Dylan when he went electric in 1965, and also bringing together guitarists Mike Bloomfield and Stephen Stills to...

 of Blood, Sweat and Tears fame and featuring the Tower of Power
Tower of Power
Tower of Power is an American R&B-based horn section and band, originating in Oakland, California, that has been performing for over 43 years. They are best known for their funky soul sound highlighted by a powerful horn section...

 horn section, was titled the Christoper Morris Band (MCA 2282), and released by MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...

 in 1977. The album's nine songs, all of which are sung by Morris, included eight songs written or co-written by him. The Christopher Morris Band album was reviewed by Ken Tucker in Rolling Stone Magazine. and in GIG Magazine. The Christopher Morris Band album was also one of Billboard Magazine's "Top Album Picks" (7/16/77) and listed by WBCN
WBCN
WBCN is a digital-only radio station airing on WBZ-FM HD-2 in Boston, Massachusetts and owned by CBS Radio. Before switching to 98.5 HD-2 on 12 August 2009, WBCN ran its rock format for 41 years as an analog radio station on 104.1 MHz . WBCN became a legend in the rock music industry for...

 Boston as among WBCN's "52 Heaviest Records for 1977." The Christopher Morris Band album was also reviewed in Record World
Record World
Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade publications in the United States, along with Billboard and Cash Box magazines. It was founded in 1946 under the name Music Vendor, but since 1964 changed it to Record World, under the ownership of Sid Parnes and Bob Austin, both...

, July 23, 1977. The Christopher Morris Band was reviewed after their first major live performance as a headliner in The Boston Globe
The Boston Globe
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 by Tom Long. Previous to that, Chris Morris was the band leader, and the original Christopher Morris Band was the core back-up band, for Al Kooper's 1976-1977 "Act Like Nothing's Wrong" national tour.

In the realm of nonfiction writing, Chris Morris has authored books and articles on military and defense matters in collaboration with Janet Morris and others. Chris Morris served as Research Director and Senior Fellow (1989–1994) at the United States Global Strategy Council, as well as Adjunct Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Center for Strategic and International Studies
The Center for Strategic and International Studies is a bipartisan Washington, D.C., foreign policy think tank. The center was founded in 1962 by Admiral Arleigh Burke and Ambassador David Manker Abshire, originally as part of Georgetown University...

 (1993–1995). At USGSC, Morris co-authored the nonlethal weapons concept and the seminal paper, Nonlethality: A Global Strategy, and co-led the USGSC's Nonlethality Policy Review Group. Events surrounding Morris's work in the nonlethal weapons area are chronicled in Chapter 15 of War and Anti-War, by Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler
Alvin Toffler is an American writer and futurist, known for his works discussing the digital revolution, communication revolution, corporate revolution and technological singularity....

 and Heidi Toffler, (Little, Brown, 1993). In 1998-1999, Chris Morris was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...

 Independent Task Force on Nonlethal Technologies and his views are reflected in the associated report, Nonlethal Technologies: Progress and Prospects, Council on Foreign Relations
Council on Foreign Relations
The Council on Foreign Relations is an American nonprofit nonpartisan membership organization, publisher, and think tank specializing in U.S. foreign policy and international affairs...

, 1999. He served in 2003-2004 as a member of the Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Nonlethal Weapons, which produced the report Nonlethal Weapons and Capabilities in 2004.

Thieves' World shared universe

  • "What Women Do Best" (1984) (with Janet Morris) in Blood Ties, Asprin & Abbey, ed.
  • "Red Light, Love Light" (1988) in Uneasy Alliances, Asprin & Abbey, ed.

The Sacred Band of Stepsons saga

  • City at the Edge of Time (1988) (with Janet Morris)
  • Tempus Unbound (1989) (with Janet Morris)
  • Storm Seed (1990) (with Janet Morris)
  • The Sacred Band
    Sacred band
    The term Sacred Band, also Sacred Company or Sacred Squadron can refer to one of the following military units:In the ancient world:* Sacred Band of Thebes* Sacred Band of Carthage...

    (2010) (with Janet Morris)

Threshold

  • Threshold
    Threshold (1990 novel)
    Threshold is a 1990 novel by Chris Morris and Janet Morris. It's the first book of its namesake trilogy.In a futuristic world, Earth is now a preserve. A captain is transported 500 years into the future and onto Threshold, which is a space habitat. Here he meets with the daughter of a Muslim...

    (1990) (with Janet Morris)
  • Trust Territory
    Trust Territory (novel)
    Trust Territory is a 1992 novel by Chris Morris and Janet Morris. It's the second book of the Threshold trilogy....

    (1992) (with Janet Morris)
  • The Stalk
    The Stalk
    The Stalk is a 1994 science fiction novel by Chris Morris and Janet Morris. It is the third book of their Threshold trilogy....

    (1994) (with Janet Morris)

Merovingen Nights

  • Festival Moon (1987) (with Janet Morris)
  • Fever Season (1987)
  • Troubled Waters (1988)
  • Divine Right (1989)
  • Flood Tide (1990) (with Janet Morris)
  • Endgame (1991) (with Janet Morris)

Other novels

  • The 40-Minute War (1984) (with Janet Morris)
  • Medusa (1986) (with Janet Morris)
  • Outpassage (1988) (with Janet Morris)
  • Hawkeye (1991) (with Janet Morris, as by Daniel Stryker)
  • Cobra (1991) (with Janet Morris, as by Daniel Stryker)
  • Asset In Black (1985) (with Janet Morris, as Casey Prescott)

Short stories

  • “Cross-Currents“ (1984)
  • “What Women Do Best“ (1984) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Undercover Angel" (1986)
  • “Sanctuary Is for Lovers“ (1986) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Son of the Morning" (1986)
  • “The Shattered Sphere“ (1986)
  • "Snowballs in Hell" (1987)
  • "The Nature of Hell" (1987) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Sword Play" (1987) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Night Action" (1987)
  • "Hearts and Minds" (1987)
  • "Handmaids in Hell" (1987)
  • "The Ransom of Hellcat" (1987)
  • "Saying Yes to Drugs" (1987)
  • “Battle for the Plain of Just Desserts“ (1988) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Sign On" (1988)
  • "Mystery" (1988) (with Janet Morris)
  • “Red Light, Love Light“ (1988)
  • “Eye of a Needle“ (1989)
  • "Postpartum Blues (1989)
  • "Rapproachment" (1990) (with Janet Morris)
  • “The Price of Victory“ (1990)
  • "Escape from Merovingen: Finale in Two Acts - Act One: The Fool Must Die" (1991) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Escape from Merovingen: Finale in Two Acts - Act Two: Escape From Merovingen" (1991) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Escape from Merovingen (Act One Reprised)" (1991) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Escape from Merovingen (Act One Reprised) (#2)" (1991) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Interview with the Devil" (2011) (with Janet Morris)
  • "Erra and the Seven" (2011)

Select Non-Fiction Bibliography

  • Nonlethality: A Global Strategy (1990, 2010) (with Janet Morris)
  • Weapons of Mass Protection (1995) (with Morris and Baines)
  • The American Warrior (1992) (Morris and Morris, ed.)

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