Chris (C.C.) Humphreys was born in Toronto and grew up in the UK. All four grandparents were actors and since his father was an actor as well, it was inevitable he would follow the bloodline. He has acted all over the world and appeared on stages ranging from London's West End to Hollywood's Twentieth Century Fox. Favorite roles have included Hamlet, Caleb the Gladiator in NBC's Biblical-Roman epic mini-series, 'AD u Anno Domini' and Jack Absolute in Sheridan's 'The Rivals'. His first novel, The French Executioner told the tale of the man who killed Anne Boleyn and was runner up for the CWA Steel Dagger for Thrillers 2002. Its sequel, Blood Ties, was a bestseller in Canada.

Having played Jack Absolute, he stole the character and has written three books on this '007 of the 1770's': Jack Absolute, The Blooding of Jack Absolute and Absolute Honour. His next novel,Vlad: The Last Confession, was based on the true story of Dracula, and was followed by A Place Called Armageddon which was published in the UK in 2011. His two new novels, Plague and Fire, will be his first with Random House, the first of which, Plague, is set in London during the great plague of the 1660s, and will be published in 2014. Chris also publishes Young Adult novels, and lives on Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada, with his wife and young son.