Chris A. Bolton's feature screenplay LEMMINGS won the 2019 ScreenCraft Animation Screenplay Contest. He wrote the all-ages SMASH graphic novel series, published by Penguin Random House, and his half-hour animated pilot for SMASH won the Children's/Family division of the CineStory TV Retreat and Fellowship Competition. His writing seeks to find the light in the shadow, exploring our darkest feelings and terrors through an engaging, deftly humorous style.