Christopher Farnsworth is an American novelist and screenwriter, born in 1971 and raised in Idaho. He graduated from the College of Idaho in 1993 and worked as a journalist before turning to fiction.
His first novel, Blood Oath (2010), launched the Nathaniel Cade series about a vampire sworn to protect the President of the United States. He followed it with the John Smith thrillers Killfile and Flashmob and the standalone novels The Eternal World and Reunion.
Farnsworth took over the Jesse Stone series with Buried Secrets in 2025, which became a USA Today bestseller, followed by Big Shot in 2026. His next Jesse Stone novel, Lockdown, is scheduled for 2027.
