"Chris" Bunch (22 December 1943 – 4 July 2005) was an American science fiction, fantasy and television writer, who wrote and co-wrote about thirty novels.
Born in Fresno, California, he collaborated with Allan Cole on a series of books involving a hero named Sten in a galactic empire.
Bunch served in Vietnam as a patrol commander.
He also wrote for Rolling Stone and was a correspondent for Stars and Stripes.
He died in his hometown of Ilwaco, Washington, after a long battle with a lung ailment.