Christopher Robbins is a husband and father of nine children. He is real and is not, contrary to those who meet him for the first time, a storybook character. He holds a BA in English and an MBA with an emphasis on Marketing from Brigham Young University—a perennial top 20 football program. He has been in the magazine and book publishing fields for 20 years. He currently chooses which 80 hours he works each week as CEO of Gibbs Smith, which just celebrated its 42nd year as an illustrated lifestyle publisher. Christopher enjoys dates with his wife, playing with his children, cooking, fly-fishing, playing his cello, and backpacking the backcountry of the western United States. His favorite movie is What’s Up, Doc! and his favorite book is Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather.