Chad Prevost is a Ph.D., author, TEDx speaker, and the founder of Crossroads Publishing Group. He co-founded C&R Press in 2006 and published nearly forty titles in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry before building Crossroads — an independent publishing operation housing three imprints: Crossroads Press, IF/THEN Books, and Ouroboros Editions.

He is the author of the Iris Blackwood Mystery Adventures, an interactive detective fiction series for readers ages 10–13, as well as three books of poetry and two novels: Simon Krimple's Wager and The Mysterious Toxic Event, both currently seeking representation.

His poetry and prose have appeared in The Southern Review, The Washington Post, and 70+ literary journals. He lives and works in Chattanooga, Tennessee.