Christopher J. Valin (“Christopher Valin” to his friends) is a writer, teacher, artist, historian, and sometime musician living just close enough to L.A. to claim he lives in L.A. He’s one of those many screenwriters who is “almost there” in his career, having optioned one screenplay and done well in many contests. He is also the author of Fortune’s Favorite: Sir Charles Douglas and the Breaking of the Line, a biography of his 5x great-grandfather, who was a British captain in the American Revolution.