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The Pretender Creators

We love to entertain – been doing it our whole lives – and for the past 30 years have made it our passion, our career path.

Steven Long Mitchell and Craig W. Van Sickle created,co-wrote and produced the Pretender. Nearly 20 years later they have also written 2 Pretender books, Rebirth and Saving Luke.

Steven and Craig at SCAD Atlanta on February 7, 2014 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Pretender Lives

For us, many of these bio things come off as self-serving smoke blown up the skirts of the artists whose names are atop the page. They usually entail the what we have done – the accomplishments, awards, blah, blah, blah (and yes, we’ve put that in here too, ‘cause we are proud of it and a little smoke up the skirt always feels good), but more importantly for us is the why we do it.

All the info on the real PTB’s can be found on the official the Pretender Lives site.

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Craig and Steve talking about the Pretender books on Slice of Sci Fi

Announcement Interview Transcript

Sep 23, 2013 | News, The Pretender Lives

Announcement Interview Transcript After crashing Google hangouts because too many fans inundated the site, the video of the Jenna Busch interview with creators of the Pretender , Craig W Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell is now available. The transcript below has...

Rebirth Available Soon

Sep 21, 2013 | News, The Pretender Lives

Rebirth Available Soon Rebirth book one will be available soon! Check out the details on the official site: thepretenderlives.com

SL-15 Inaugural Chat – The Big Announcement pt 2

Sep 20, 2013 | News, The Pretender Lives

Part 1 can be found here Vicky @Christina: no, remember in Bloodlines, he actually only was able to say that it was either Angelo or Lyle. Without doing the actual blood work, he couldn’t say more. Tzigone “labs” not “lags” – sorry SLM Wait – this is a chat...