Teachers Who Hate Students

Chris Chan is a writer, educator, and historian. He works as a researcher and "International Goodwill Ambassador" for Agatha Christie Ltd. His true crime articles, reviews, and short fiction have appeared in The Strand, The Wisconsin Magazine of History, Mystery Weekly, Gilbert!, Nerd HQ, Akashic Books' Mondays are Murder web series, The Baker Street Journal, The MX Book of New Sherlock Holmes Stories, Masthead: The Best New England Crime Stories, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and multiple Belanger Books anthologies. He is the creator of the Funderburke and Kaiming mysteries, a series featuring private investigators who work for a school and help students during times of crisis. Funderburke and Kaiming are featured in the novels Ghosting My Friend and She Ruined Our Lives. The Funderburke short story "The Six-Year-Old Serial Killer" was nominated for a Derringer Award. His first book, Sherlock & Irene: The Secret Truth Behind "A Scandal in Bohemia," was published in 2020 by MX Publishing, and he is also the author of the comedic novels Sherlock's Secretary and Nessie's Nemesis, and the anthology Of Course He Pushed Him and Other Sherlock Holmes Stories. His book Murder Most Grotesque: The Comedic Crime Fiction of Joyce Porter (Level Best Books) was nominated for the 2022 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction, and his book Some of My Best Friends Are Murderers: Critiquing the Columbo Killers was nominated for the 2025 Agatha Award for Best Non-Fiction and the 2025 Anthony Award for Critical/Non-Fiction. His book The Autistic Sleuth was long-listed for the 2025 ALCS Gold Dagger for Non-Fiction.