Author · Writer · Storyteller
Chris Campbell is a writer across many genres, from memoir and short fiction to humour, historical storytelling and literary adaptations, drawing inspiration from a life lived across Britain, America and Australia..
Born English. Raised Irish. What could possibly go wrong?
“A wonderful memoir that stayed with me for a long time.”
Featured book
Growing Up English in an Irish Family in 1960s and ’70s London
Growing up English was complicated when home felt unmistakably Irish.
In 1960s and ’70s London, Chris Campbell came of age between two worlds. At home was a large Irish Catholic family shaped by loyalty, humour, old grievances and the traditions carried across the water. Outside was a changing London, school discipline, football, friendship and the increasing temptation to test every boundary.
Told with humour, honesty and the perspective that comes with age, the memoir looks at family, identity, belonging and the people and places that stay with us long after childhood. At its heart is an English boy raised inside an Irish world, eventually discovering that perhaps he never needed to choose between the two.
Writer · Actor · Musician
About Chris
Chris Campbell is a writer, actor and musician whose creative life has crossed several countries and more than one stage.
Born in England into an Irish family, he grew up in West Hampstead and Kilburn before spending twenty-one years in the United States. His career has included acting for the BBC, writing and theatre work in Los Angeles, and performance across Europe and the Middle East. Frank and Malachy McCourt helped him secure his first professional writing opportunity at the Irish Arts Theatre in Hollywood.
Chris later settled in Adelaide, South Australia. His writing ranges from short fiction and humour to modern adaptations of classic works. English with a Little Leprechaun Inside is his most personal book, returning to the London childhood and Irish family that shaped much of the life that followed.
Selected publications
Short fiction, humour and illustrated adaptations of classic Tennyson works.
TallStories that travel from the Old West and wartime Europe to imagined futures, mixing drama, humour and characters who rarely behave as expected.
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Short Tales,Quick-read comic stories built for a commute, a tea break or any moment that needs an unexpected dose of mischief.
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MorteTennyson’s final Arthurian moments retold for a modern audience, pairing prose with the atmosphere of illuminated medieval manuscripts.
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The Charge of theA visually presented edition of Tennyson’s famous Crimean War poem, with introductory material by Chris Campbell.
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