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Everything you need to write about or book Chris Sherrill. Contact: chris.sherrill@icloud.com
Medium bio (about 80 words)
Chris Sherrill is a Nashville author of the psychological thriller Even Steven (2025) and the nonfiction book The Declaration of Imagination (2026). A Birmingham native and Vanderbilt BS ’01 / Northwestern MEng graduate, he is a former restaurateur, sales executive, and product design consultant who also studied film at UCLA and Watkins. Even Steven is a Nashville-set serial-killer thriller; The Declaration of Imagination explores imagination as the mind’s original operating system, with a 14-episode companion podcast on Apple Podcasts.
Long bio
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.
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.
Book facts
The Declaration of Imagination (nonfiction)
Paperback · 174 pages · May 19, 2026 · Even Steven, LLC · ISBN 979-8992526752 · $19.99 list. Argues that imagination is the original operating system of the human mind. Companion podcast: 14 episodes. Book page
Even Steven (thriller)
Hardcover (ISBN 979-8992526738, 338 pages, March 31, 2025, $27.99) · Paperback (ISBN 979-8992526707, 337 pages, April 1, 2025, $15.99) · Kindle (ISBN 979-8992526745, $9.99) · Even Steven, LLC. A Nashville detective confronts America’s first revenge serial killer. Standalone novel for adult readers (graphic violence and mature themes). Book page
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Coverage
- The Tennessean, Brad Schmitt’s “Good News” column, March 27, 2025.
- Crime Fiction Lover, “On the Radar,” March 2025.
Interviews & podcasts
Chris Sherrill is available for interviews, podcasts, and bookings, including events and book clubs. To request an interview or booking, email chris.sherrill@icloud.com.
Suggested talking points
- The Original OS: why The Declaration of Imagination argues that imagination is the operating system of the human mind, and how to train the Imagination Muscle.
- Imagination in the age of AI: Algorithmic Conformity, and why originating a new vision remains human when templates and recommendation engines shape what we see.
- Deciding without all the data: the 60% Rule and “reflective conviction.”
- Why creativity commands constraints: how well-calibrated limits amplify ingenuity.
- Writing a Nashville serial-killer thriller: creating Detective Sara Durant and “Even Steven,” and setting a debut thriller on Nashville’s streets.
- Engineer-turned-author: from restaurateur, sales executive, and product design consultant (with a Master of Engineering from Northwestern) to novelist, nonfiction author, and screenwriter.