Chris Lynch (born July 2, 1962) is an American writer of books for young people. His works include Inexcusable, a finalist for the U.S. National Book Award for Young People's Literature, and Iceman, The Right Fight, Shadow Boxer, Gold Dust and Slot Machine, all ALA Best Books for Young Adults; Freewill was also a runner-up for the Michael L. Printz Award. Some of his works are intended for a high school level audience; some for children and younger teenagers.
His short story "The Pellet in the Paint Can" has been included in the collection Guys Write for Guys Read. (New York: Viking, 2005), and "Arrangements" was included in No Such Thing as the Real World (HarperCollins, 2009 ISBN 978-0-06-147058-5).
Lynch was born in Boston where he graduated from Emerson College and teaches Creative Writing at Lesley University as of 2011.
Standalone works
Pieces (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2013)
The Big Game of Everything (Harper Teen, 2008)
Me, dead Dad and Alcatraz (HarperCollins, 2005, ISBN 978-0-06-059710-8)
Reviewed in School Library Journal and Booklist
Sins of the Fathers (Harper Tempest, 2006)
Inexcusable (Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2005)
Korean translation: 용서할수없는 / Yongsŏ halsu ŏmnŭn (메타포, Sŏul-si: Metʻapʻo, 2008.)
All the old haunts 2001
Freewill (Harper Teen, 2001, ISBN 978-0-06-447202-9)
Reviews: Horn Book, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus Reviews
German translation: Nenn es wie du willst (Hamburg: Carlsen, 2003)
Whitechurch 1999
Mick and Dog eat dog 1996
Gypsy Davey 1994
Italian translation: Davey il vagabond (Milano: Mondadori, 2001)
He-Man Women Hater's Club series
Johnny Chesthair (1997)
Ladies Choice (1997)
Scratch and the Sniffs (1997)
Babes in the Woods (1997)
The Wolf Gang (1998)
Cyberia series
Cyberia (Scholastic Press, 2008, ISBN 978-0-545-02793-9)
Monkey See, Monkey Don't (Scholastic Press, 2009 ISBN 978-0-545-02794-6)
Vietnam series
Vietnam: I Pledge Allegiance (2011)
Vietnam: Sharpshooter (2012)
Vietnam: Free-Fire Zone (2012)
Vietnam: Casualties Of War (2013)
Vietnam: Walking Wounded (2014)
World War II series
World War II: The Right Fight (2013)
World War II: Dead In the Water (2013)
World War II: Alive And Kicking (2014)
World War II: The Liberators (2015)