Christopher O'Kennon was born in Richmond, Virginia on December 27th, 1967. He's married with three children, three dogs and a cat. He now lives in Southern California.

His story, With Thoughts of Sarah, was nominated for the 1997 eScene award. He's written numerous articles on technology issues, ebooks, and traditional fiction.

In 1998 O'Kennon was in the forefront of the e-government revolution, building several award-winning government portals and services, including the first use of real-time customer service on a government web site, the first personalized government Web page, the first use of Flash technology on government Web pages, and the first usability lab at the state level for Web Usability and Accessibility.