Shortform Bio

Christen Randall (she/they) is a queer, fat, neurodivergent author of queer, fat, neurodiverse books. When they’re not writing joyful stories for the next generation of geeky gay kids, you can find them working at their local library branch or at home planning all the D&D campaigns they’ll run one day, they swear. Christen lives in Covington, Kentucky. You can find her on most social media @bycrandall. The No-Girlfriend Rule, an instant USA Today Bestseller, is her debut novel.

Longform Bio

Christen Randall (she/they) draws on her experience growing up fat, queer, and neurodiverse in the American South to write the books she never had for the next generation of kids who need them. Their work is about geek culture, fat acceptance, mental illness and disability, queer identity, classism, music as a love language, and cats without being about those things.

She studied English at Middle Tennessee State University. In 2021, she was selected as an inaugural mentee of The Write Team Mentorship Program. Since then, they have centered community in their authorship, volunteering with such organizations as Diverse Voices, Inc., We Need Diverse Books, and NaNoWriMo.

Christen lives in Covington, Kentucky by way of Nashville, Tennessee with too many books and not quite enough shelves. They can most often be found bopping around town playing Pokémon Go and getting coffee, starting craft projects they may or may not ever finish, and at the gaming table roleplaying as bratty rogues or spooky wizards. Find her online on most socials @bycrandall. The No-Girlfriend Rule, an instant USA Today Bestseller, is her debut novel.