Born in Detroit, Christopher J. Smith had street cred before it was cool. His stay in Motown only lasted a few short years. After some thieves used the ladder in his own garage to steal a TV out of the second story window, Smith's parents decided it was time to move to the suburbs. At the age of 8, a cross country move took him to Tucson, Arizona. Already having written such classics as "The Bird and the Worm" and "The Man and the Tree," Christopher moved his talents into homemade comic books illustrated with horrible drawings. Smith eventually went to school for Film Studies where his professors included a screenwriting teacher that labeled himself as brilliant but was absolutely crazy, while a blacklisted Cinematographer taught him about film.After these years in film school, Smith made his way to Los Angeles to tackle the lifelong desire to be a screenwriter. It wasn't until recently that Smith tried his hand at a novel. It was "Abby Linford and Her Imaginary Friend" where he found his stride. In the first novel devoted to the 9-year-old girl that was too mature to be nine, he opened readers up to fantastic worlds filled with mythical creatures, endangered animals, magical powers, and lands that were on the verge of ruin.His latest book, "100 Things To Do Before You Die," is a fictional novel about taking control of your life, doing the things you love, and becoming the person you always wanted to be.