The Pretender Creators

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

Latest News from the Creators

1st Centre Employee of the Month

1st Centre Employee of the Month

1st Centre Employee of the Month The girls at the gun range on SL-14 have to be on their toes when this taskmaster is around. This chick with a gun always shoots to kill. Nathalie was inspired by and named for a super fan. You will read about her in  the second...

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Centre Universe

Centre Universe

Centre Universe   The Pretendercentre is very proud to announce its membership into the Centre Universe as an officially-endorsed, by the P.T.B.’s, Centre Data Annex. In the interim, use the hashtag on twitter to help trend it and spread the word #CentreUniverse....

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Chaz

Chaz

Chaz   Jarod has a knack for finding extraordinary friends in the strangest places. Or in the case of Chaz, the strangest friends in extraordinary places. Her huge doo, exaggerated, winged-out silver glitter eye shadow and ultimate-on-her-sleeve street swagger...

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Latest News from the Creators

Poor Cornelius

Poor Cornelius

Poor Cornelius After Miss Parker is through with him, he won’t even have his one eyebrow left. And, when totally hairless, who will he be able to work for? Find out in Saving Luke. Coming soon.

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The Pretender Vault and Creator’s Take

Visit the Vault

The Pretender Vault has finally been opened, revealing behind the scenes images never seen before.

Creator's Take

Visit the Pretender Episode Guide for the Creator’s behind the scenes take and stories about each episode.

Visit the Vault

The Pretender Vault has finally been opened, revealing behind the scenes images never seen before.

Creator's Take

Visit the Pretender Episode Guide for the Creator’s behind the scenes take and stories about each episode.

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