Our Creative WRITERS

Chris Cragin, Head Writer
Chris was recently honored as an Emerging playwright by the Public Theatre in New York (A Chorus Line, Hair). Her plays have been presented in Times Square, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Georgia, and Texas. She was a finalist in Actor's Theatre of Louisville Ten-minute play competition and she was a CITA national playwrighting contest honoree. Chris has been commissioned by ArtWithin Theatre in Atlanta, and she is a member of the Oracles playwrighting group.

Jim Krueger, Writer
Jim Krueger has written over 100 comic books/graphic novels for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and IMAGE, including the award-winning Earth X trilogy for Marvel Comics and the recent Justice series both of which were painted by Alex Ross. He has been named as one of the top ten writers in comics by Wizard Magazine. He has also written a collection of prose Christmas stories, advertising campaigns, screenplays and video games. He also wrote and directed They Might Be Dragons which won for best short film at The New York Independent Film Festival. And, he often lectures on the necessity of myth and heroism. www.jimkrueger.com

Rick Bonn, Writer
In his decade as an executive in Hollywood, Rick developed multiple feature films, television movies, and animated series for companies such as Disney, Nickelodeon, and Adventures from the Book of Virtues for PBS. He's had several screen plays optioned and has written a young adult novel and children's video series.

Jessica Gibson, Writer
Originally from the Great Plains, Jessica Gibson-James now lives in Dayton, OH. Jessica began writing in college while studying journalism. She wrote for The Bison at Oklahoma Baptist University, quickly rising to editor-in-chief. After graduation, Jessica taught secondary language arts before earning her Master’s degree in literature from the University of Dayton. While at UD, she worked in the public relations department writing news and feature items for alumni publications. Most recently, Jessica worked in educational publishing, writing and editing language arts textbooks for such companies as Glencoe, Houghton-Mifflin, and McGraw Hill, among others. She now works as a freelance writer so she can spend most of her time with her daughter, Madeleine Claire. Jessica is married to Aaron James.