C.E. "Chris" Gatchalian (born June 5, 1974) is a Canadian author who writes in multiple genres. Born in
Vancouver, British Columbia to Filipino parents,[1] he holds an
MFA in Creative Writing and Theatre from the
University of British Columbia.[1] His play Motifs & Repetitions aired on
Bravo! (Canada) in 1997 and on the
Knowledge in 1998. His other produced plays include Claire, Crossing, Broken and People Like Vince, a play for young audiences about mental health.[1] His latest play, Falling in Time, had its world premiere in Vancouver in November 2011 and was published by Scirocco Drama in 2012. In 2013, he won the
Dayne Ogilvie Prize, a prize presented by the
Writers' Trust of Canada to an openly LGBT writer.[2] In 2019, his memoir Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man was published by
Arsenal Pulp Press.
Personal life
He is openly gay,[3] and is a three-time finalist for the
Lambda Literary Award, including in 2013 for Falling in Time.[4]
Plays
Motifs & Repetitions (1995)
Claire (1999)
Crossing (2004)
Star (2005)
Hands (2005)
Broken (2006)
People Like Vince (2011)
Falling in Time (2012)
Non-fiction
Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man (2019)