CHRIS RAABE

My name is Chris Raabe, and I am the author of THE PHENOMENON TRILOGY.

 

Book One, THE NEW PHENOMENON was released in 2011.

Book two, ON THE RUN was released in early 2013.

Book three, END GAME was released late 2013.

 

Not only am I an author, but I also teach middle school English in Omaha, Nebraska.  When I am not teaching, I follow my kids to their sporting events, coach for a competitive softball organization.  My year consists of a lot of days on athletic fields all over the midwest.

 

I enjoy the outdoors with my family, and in the spring you might find me working in the garden with my wife or one of my daughters.  I can’t pass up the opportunity to do a little grilling in the backyard or drown a couple worms in a small lake, hoping to hook my next lunker.

 

I spent my youth in the Omaha area before moving to Red Oak, Iowa for high school.  That is probably why I selected Red Oak as the setting for my first book.  I enjoyed my time there before moving on to college at Peru State, where I played baseball and wrote for the Peru State Times newspaper.

 

My years in Red Oak with Mr. Button and Mr. Gilbert as my mentors helped shape me as a writer.  I enjoy putting pen to paper to scratch out an idea before tackling the keyboard to create the next poem, essay, or book.