Chris Park is a literary agent with DeFiore & Company.
Chris represents books across a broad spectrum of nonfiction—memoirs, narrative, prescriptive, Christian, and sports—and works with her authors to develop books that are appealing and accessible to a broad audience.
She is passionate about stories that must be told: of an achievement-oriented mother who learns the true worth of every life when her daughter is born with Down syndrome, a medical missionary who puts his life on the line treating patients during the Ebola epidemic, a couple who makes the stunning choice to forgive their daughter’s killer.
Chris is drawn in particular to authors whose faith engages the wider world, such as American Psychological Association president Dr. Thema Bryant, Bread for the World president and CEO Eugene Cho, The Center for Justice + Renewal founder Christena Cleveland, and the Cave of Adullam Transformational Training Academy (CATTA) director Jason Wilson.
Her bestselling authors in the sports category include sportscaster Ernie Johnson Jr., Big Ten Network lead studio host Dave Revsine, and New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton. Publishing a book by NFL legend Brett Favre fulfilled Chris’s wedding vows – in which she pledged allegiance to the Green Bay Packers, for better or worse.
Prior to becoming an agent, Chris worked as an editor for several New York publishing houses, including Hachette Book Group and Random House, and helped launch an independent publishing company. Chris has a degree in English from Harvard University.
Adult Highlights and Forthcoming Books:
Amy Julia Becker – TO BE MADE WELL: An Invitation to Wholeness, Healing, and Hope; WHITE PICKET FENCES: Turning Toward Love in a World Divided by Privilege; SMALL TALK: Learning From My Children About What Matters Most; A GOOD AND PERFECT GIFT: Faith, Expectations, and a Little Girl Named Penny
Kent and Amber Brantly – CALLED FOR LIFE: How Loving Our Neighbor Led Us into the Heart of the Ebola Epidemic
Dr. Thema Bryant – MATTERS OF THE HEART: Healing Your Relationship with Yourself and Those You Love; HOMECOMING: Overcome Fear and Trauma to Reclaim Your Whole, Authentic Self; RECLAIM YOURSELF: Take Back Your Life from Stress and Trauma
Curtis Chang – THE AFTER PARTY; THE ANXIETY OPPORTUNITY: How Worry is the Doorway to Your Best Self
Eugene Cho – THOU SHALT NOT BE A JERK; OVERRATED: Are We More in Love with the Idea of Changing the World Than Actually Changing the World?
Chanel Dokun – LIFE STARTS NOW: How to Create the Life You’ve Been Waiting For
Christena Cleveland – GOD IS A BLACK WOMAN; OUR LADY OF LIBERATION
Audrey Elledge and Elizabeth Moore – LITURGIES FOR WHOLENESS: Sixty Prayers to Encounter the Depth, Creativity, and Friendship of God in Ordinary Moments; LITURGIES FOR HOPE: Sixty Prayers for the Highs, Lows, and Everything in Between
Bob Fu – GOD’S DOUBLE AGENT
Kate Grosmaire – FORGIVING MY DAUGHTER’S KILLER: A True Story of Loss, Faith, and Unexpected Grace
Sara Harberson – SOUNDBITE: The Admissions Secret that Gets You Into College and Beyond
Sister Lisa Hezmalhalch – A ROME FOR RESTLESS HEARTS: Finding a Spiritual Home in Catholicism
Ernie Johnson, Jr. – UNSCRIPTED: The Unpredictable Moments that Make Life Extraordinary
Stephanie Landsem – THE FAULT BETWEEN US; CODE NAME EDELWEISS; IN A FAR-OFF LAND
Helen Lee – THE RACE-WISE FAMILY: Ten Postures of Becoming Households of Healing and Hope
Dave Revsine – THE OPENING KICKOFF: The Tumultuous Birth of a Football Nation
Ekemini Uwan, Christina Edmondson, and Michelle Higgins – TRUTH’S TABLE: Black Women’s Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation
Jason Wilson – THE MAN THE MOMENT DEMANDS: Master the 10 Characteristics of the Comprehensive Man; BATTLE CRY: Waging and Winning the War Within
Justin Wren – FIGHT FOR THE FORGOTTEN: How a Mixed Martial Artist Stopped Fighting for Himself and Started Fighting for Others
Children’s Highlights and Forthcoming Books:
Jocelyn Chung – WHEN LOVE IS MORE THAN WORDS; THE RIVER OF CAREGIVING
Helen Lee – EJ AND THE SECRET SONG
Sarah Shin and Shin Maeng – THE GREAT WAKING UP; THE DELIVERER HAS COME