CHRIS BELDEN is the author of several books, including the novels CARRY-ON and SHRIVER (adapted into the film A LITTLE WHITE LIE). As a singer/songwriter he has released two albums. He has also written several one-act plays (EST, HERE, & elsewhere)and cowrote & costarred in THE BALLAD OF LARRY THE FLYER at the NY Fringe Fest. He edited the anthology CLOSER TO FREEDOM, which collects prose & poetry from the writing workshop he ran for 10 years at a maximum security prison.