About the author
About Chris Sherrill
Chris Sherrill is a Nashville, Tennessee author who wrote the Nashville-set thriller novel Even Steven (2025) and the nonfiction book The Declaration of Imagination (2026).
Biography
Chris Sherrill is a Nashville, Tennessee, author of the psychological thriller novel Even Steven (2025) and the nonfiction manifesto The Declaration of Imagination (2026). A Birmingham, Alabama, native and longtime Nashville resident, he previously worked as a restaurateur, sales executive, and product design consultant. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University (BS ’01) and a Master of Engineering from Northwestern University, and studied storytelling at UCLA and Watkins film schools. He has also written numerous screenplays.
Even Steven, published by Even Steven, LLC, follows Nashville detective Sara Durant as she confronts a revenge serial killer on the city’s streets—a debut thriller shaped by Sherrill’s early love of plot-twisting suspense. The Declaration of Imagination argues that imagination is the original operating system of the human mind, drawing on neuroscience, history, and philosophy; a 14-episode companion podcast of the same name is available on Apple Podcasts. He is on X as @JChrisSherrill and on Instagram as @evenstevenbook.
Quick facts
- Based in
- Nashville, Tennessee
- Hometown
- Birmingham, Alabama
- Books
- Even Steven (thriller, 2025); The Declaration of Imagination (nonfiction, 2026)
- Publisher
- Even Steven, LLC
- Podcast
- The Declaration of Imagination (14 episodes, 2026)
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree (BS ’01), Vanderbilt University; Master of Engineering, Northwestern University; studied at the UCLA and Watkins film schools
- Earlier careers
- Restaurateur, sales executive, and product design consultant
- Influences
- Dean Koontz, Stephen King
- Contact
- chris.sherrill@icloud.com
Which Chris Sherrill?
This site belongs to Chris Sherrill of Nashville, Tennessee, author of Even Steven and The Declaration of Imagination. He is not the Virginia-based author Chris Sherrill who wrote Taylor’s Kin and other novels; the two are different people.
The official Amazon author page for this Chris Sherrill is amazon.com/stores/author/B0DXFZX6P2. On X he posts as @JChrisSherrill.
Official profiles
Press
- The Tennessean (March 27, 2025), Brad Schmitt’s “Good News” column.
Journalists and podcast hosts: see the press kit.
Interviews & podcasts
Chris is available for interviews, podcasts, and bookings. Topics include the Original OS and imagination in the age of AI from The Declaration of Imagination, writing the Nashville serial-killer thriller Even Steven, and his path from engineer to author. Email chris.sherrill@icloud.com or see the suggested talking points.