C. J. Henderson
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Henderson at the November 2008 Big Apple Con in Manhattan.
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| Born | December 26, 1951 |
| Died | July 4, 2014 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Writer, film critic, editor |
| Genre | Horror, hardboiled fiction, dark fantasy, science fiction |
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Chris "C.J." Henderson (December 26, 1951 – July 4, 2014) was an American writer of horror, hardboiled crime fiction and comic books.
C.J. Henderson grew up in the American Midwest. His family moved around for the first few years of his life until finally settling in Western Bridgeville, Pennsylvania. After attending a local college, he moved to New York City. He began telling stories when he was young. He listed his favorite authors as Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Poul Anderson, Frank Miller, Stan Lee, Alan Moore, Clifford D. Simak, John Brunner, Philip K. Dick, James Clavell, Lester Dent, Jonathan Swift, Edgar Rice Burroughs, C. J. Cherryh, Sax Rohmer, Rex Stout, Jack Vance, Brett Halliday, Jack London, C.L. Moore, and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His favorite poem was Shelley's "Ozymandias".
Before he was able to make a living from writing, Henderson worked in a variety of jobs, such as cooking, waiting tables and washing dishes in the food service industry, managing a movie theater, interior painting, and working as a blackjack dealer, road crew technician, salesman and bank guard. He has worked in education as an instructor of English and creative writing, drama coach and camp counselor. Aside from fiction, his publishing work also includes working as a movie critic, magazine editor.
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