Christopher Moore is an American writer known for his absurdist fiction. Born in 1957, he grew up in Mansfield, Ohio, where he began writing at the age of 12. At 19, he moved to California, where he lived until 2003. He studied at Ohio State University and the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California.

Moore's novels often feature everyman characters who find themselves in supernatural or extraordinary situations. His work is influenced by the humanism of John Steinbeck and the absurdity of Kurt Vonnegut. He is a best-selling author with a significant cult following.

According to an interview with Writer's Digest in June 2007, the film rights to his first novel, La Comedia del Diablo (1992), were acquired by Disney even before the book was published. However, Moore mentioned during a 2007 promotional tour that while all his books had been proposed for films, none were close to being adapted.

In June 2006, Moore moved to San Francisco, California, after living in Kauai, Hawaii, for several years.