Cartoonist Chris Schweizer was born in Tucson, AZ to parents who are both classical musicians. He is 29 years old, and lives on the outskirts of Atlanta with his wife Liz and his daughter Penelope. He received his BFA in Graphic Design from Murray State University in 2004, and his MFA in Sequential Art at the Atlanta branch of the Savannah College of Art and Design. His comics have been published by Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, Image Comics, Evil Twin Comics, and Nickelodeon Magazine, among others.

Crogan's Vengeance, the first volume in his Crogan Adventures series, was named on of the American Library Association's Great Graphic Novels for Teens, has received an Eisner Award nomination and a Young Adult Library Service Association (Yalsa) Award nomination, a CYBILS Award nomination, and was named the Dollar Bin's Graphic Novel of the Year for 2008. It also made the Texas Library Association's Maverick Reading List, 2010, where it was named one of the Top Ten Books for Middle School Readers.

Crogan's March, the second book in the series, was been named one of Book Expo America's "Librarians' Hot Fall Graphic Novels." It made the 2011 Maverick Reading List, as well as being nominated for the ALA's 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list.

In addition to his comic work, he teaches as a full professor of Sequential Art (comics!) at SCAD-Atlanta.