Charlie Jenkins was born in Atlanta, where his father’s ancestors back to Colonial times. His parents met as undergraduates at Georgia State University, getting married and having him soon after graduation. The family was destitute during Charlie’s early childhood and the family moved frequently, with detours through Iowa and Wisconsin before settling in Massachusetts.

Charlie wrote his first ‘books’ when he was five years old, dictating them to his parents in the walk-in closet they used as an office. The stories, which often had a dreamlike quality, were bound in printed collections with covers drawn in crayon, then distributed as Christmas presents for his relatives.

He spent his high school years living in an MIT dorm, where his parents were housemasters – mentors in residence. His father founded MIT's graduate program in Comparative Media Studies while his mother became a glassblowing artist. As the editor-in-chief of his high school literary magazine Charlie promoted sales by writing parody songs, sketches and silly poems, which he performed in front of the school at some of their weekly assemblies.

Charlie developed his own degree path in Transmedia Studies at the University of Arizona. During his early 20s he reported for a pop culture news website, interned at a cable TV network and became the assistant promoter for a small independent pro wrestling organization.

After moving to Hollywood he worked as the Director of Research for The Alchemists, a transmedia storytelling company led by Mark Warshaw (executive producer of Amazon’s Emmy winning animated show Lost in Oz) and Mauricio Mota (executive producer of Hulu’s East Los High, which earned six Emmy nominations). Charlie worked on both shows and led a digital marketing campaign for The CW’s Cult.

As Creative Director of Chaotic Good Studios Charlie was the principal author of a 150 page franchise bible, which China’s BaseFX studio used to secure a twenty million dollar initial investment for production. Sadly, the project died in development anyway.

Charlie quit his job to pursue an independent writing career. He wrote his first novel, American Wrestling: 1989, at the bar of a Chili’s restaurant in a small Southern town. He is currently working on his second novel but still hopes to write for television and film. He continues to live in Los Angeles.