User:Chriswilson1987/Christopher Wilson (UK)

Christopher Wilson is a writer and blogger born in Nottingham but living in Buckinghamshire, England. He has written articles on a variety of topics, ranging from music and film, to politics, to poker, to social media. His blog, named Clutterances has had over 1500 visitors in 5 months to date and he has been published by a range of other websites and e-zines. Wilson has written for Pokerisrigged.com and whymusicmatters.org to date and is currently working on a comedy novel.

Growing up as the youngest of 3 brothers, he had a very sport-filled childhood. Whilst growing up, Wilson managed to play football at a county and semi professional level, as well as playing county tennis and representing England at table tennis. He was also a regular in amateur dramatics and also played a variety of musical instruments.

Wilson attended Dr.Challoner's Grammar School, Amersham and left with 10 A-C GCSE's, before moving to Claire's Court School for his 6th form. Here, Wilson obtained AAB in Media Studies, English and Psychology respectively. From there he gained a place at The University of Reading to study Television & Film & Theatre. Leaving with an honours degree, including a first class grade for his dissertation, called: "“The X-Factor: What the comic book story means today” – A study of the technology and the narrative behind one of the most successful genres across the media.

Upon graduating, Wilson wrote for various websites and e-zines, until he realised that 'freelance' just meant unemployed. Wilson ended up landing a job at a healthcare and pharmaceutical advertising agency in Marlow, UK.

Wilson is currently writing for his blog and other websites, and is also working on a comedy novel.