Christopher Krovatin (born 1985) is an American author and musician living in New York City. He has published four novels – ''Heavy Metal and You'' (2006), ''

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'' (2008), ''Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones'' (2012, intended as the first in a series) and Frequency (2018) – and written for the heavy metal magazine ''

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''.

Early life

Christopher Krovatin was born in New York City to prominent attorney Gerald Krovatin and prize-winning author

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. His brother Quindlen Krovatin is also a published author.

Career

Chris Krovatin began to write his first book, '' Heavy Metal and You'', at age 16, after being hired as an intern for

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. In 2007 he graduated from

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and the following year he published his second novel, ''Venomous'', about a teen, Locke Vinetti, whose rage might have a supernatural manifestation. ''Venomous'' has been adapted into a comic book by

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, '' Deadlocke'', and has been optioned as a screenplay. Krovatin's third novel, not yet published, was the second acquisition made by Diane Salvatore after being made publisher of

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''. In 2008 Krovatin began a stint working as an editorial assistant at ''

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'' magazine. He has since stopped working at the ''Revolver'' offices but is still a regular contributor, writing

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and articles for their print and web arms, and writing his own regular feature for the Revolver blog, the "Final Six".

Music

Krovatin is the singer of the

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, New York-based death metal band, Flaming Tusk, under the pseudonym "Stolas Trephinator". Krovatin has been the sole vocalist and lyricist since he joined in February 2008. He has full or partial lyrics credits on 7 of 8 of the tracks on their most recent LP, '' Old, Blackened Century''.

References

External links

Official author page at Krovatin's publisher's website

Flaming Tusk official website

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