1980: Chad Alan Welker was born in Tacoma, Washington.

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1983: Brother was born.

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1989: First set sights on becoming an author and wrote on a daily basis.

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1992: Completed first novel length work of fiction.

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1997: Received first published byline for short fiction.

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1999: Graduated from high school and moved to Southern California.

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2000: Began training under visual artist Marc Wurmbrand at Crafton Hills College; selected as his assistant.

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2000: Started job with event security firm working backstage at venues throughout the Los Angeles area.

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2001: Mixed media work Composition 3 was selected for an exhibition with a Southern California fine art gallery.

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2002: Landed first skateboarding sponsorship.

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2003: First club gig with The Gratuitous - a punk band.

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2007: Suffered career ending injury during a qualifying run for a skateboarding competition.

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2007: Founded Reject Skateboards in Venice Beach, California.

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2008: Reject Skateboards folded.

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2008: Relocated to Northeastern Oklahoma.

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2012: Graduated from Northeastern State University with a Bachelors in English Education.

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2013: Daughter was born.

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2013: Began teaching English and Drama at Gore High School.

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2014: Wrote what would become his first published novel, Drowning Rain, over the summer while renting a yacht on Lake Washington.   

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2015: Embarked on first national book tour.

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2019: Retired from teaching.

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2019: Hosted short-lived The 13th Story podcast.

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2019: Relocated back to Western Washington.

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2020: Began collaboration with Director Gino Alfonso.

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2020: Became engaged with long-time girlfriend. 

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2021: Received green light for a film adaptation of Harvest.

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2021: Halloween saw the release of the first in the young adult Dark Fantasy series, Twisted Tales, with Shadowood.

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2022: Returned to teaching.