Chris Rafferty is an American

television writer A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based. ...

Life and career

He was born in

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, and is the oldest of three brothers. From a young age he was drawn to illustrating for comic books and the complex characters within them. He wrote a spec script for ''

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'' as his first work in television. He participated in the 2014 Warner Bros. Writers Workshop.

''The Flash''

In summer 2014, Rafferty was hired as a writer on

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''. His first script, co-written with co-executive producer

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, was the freshman season episode " The Flash is Born."

''Lucifer''

In 2016, Rafferty began writing for another comic book television adaptation in

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’s '' Lucifer''. His writing debut for the show was the ninth episode of the first season, titled "

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