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

From J

From J

From J Miss Parker, Intercepting the memo to your Sweeper Teams was easier than turning knobs on an Etch-A-Sketch. Seriously? Rumor is that you’re so desperate now you’re even recruiting outside Centre personnel to track clues of me at Comic-Con San Diego? That’s all...

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Urgent: For Centre Eyes Only

Urgent: For Centre Eyes Only

Urgent: For Centre Eyes Only URGENT: FOR CENTRE EYES ONLY TO: ALL SWEEPER TEAMS FROM: MISS PARKER RE: THE PRETENDER Our man in the Russian Airport has alerted us that the search for tP will heat up at San Diego Comicon. Will need all Pretender personnel in the area on...

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CWVS and SLM on Facebook

CWVS and SLM on Facebook

CWVS and SLM on Facebook The creators of the Pretender, Craig Van Sickle and Stephen Long Mitchell have made their own Facebook page: The Pretender Creators They have made a rather shocking announcement that the Pretender is returning in the form of a ‘rebirth’ of...

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Latest News from the Creators

Who is the woman at the train station?

Who is the woman at the train station?

Who is the woman at the train station? A bullet whizzed by Jarod’s ear shattering the front leg of the stallion. Horse and rider cartwheeled, coming to rest with the broken stallion atop her leg. Jarod pulled up. She struggled, to no avail. She knew she was trapped...

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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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