Curtis was born in Flint, Michigan on May 10, 1953
to Dr. Herman Elmer Curtis, a chiropodist, and Leslie Jane Curtis, an educator.
The city of Flint plays an important role in many of Curtis's books. One such
example is Bucking the Sarge, which is about a fifteen year old boy named Luther
T. Ferrel, who is in a running battle with his slum-lord mother. Curtis is an
alumnus of the University of Michigan-Flint.
Curtis is the father of two
children, Steven, an ensign in the United States Navy, and Cydney, a college
student and accomplished pianist. His third child is expected to make an
appearance in 2011. Christopher modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy after his
two grandfathers—Earl “Lefty” Lewis, a Negro league baseball pitcher, and 1930s
bandleader Herman E. Curtis, Sr., of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of
the Depression.
Curtis moved to Detroit, Michigan in January, 2009 .
to Dr. Herman Elmer Curtis, a chiropodist, and Leslie Jane Curtis, an educator.
The city of Flint plays an important role in many of Curtis's books. One such
example is Bucking the Sarge, which is about a fifteen year old boy named Luther
T. Ferrel, who is in a running battle with his slum-lord mother. Curtis is an
alumnus of the University of Michigan-Flint.
Curtis is the father of two
children, Steven, an ensign in the United States Navy, and Cydney, a college
student and accomplished pianist. His third child is expected to make an
appearance in 2011. Christopher modeled characters in Bud, Not Buddy after his
two grandfathers—Earl “Lefty” Lewis, a Negro league baseball pitcher, and 1930s
bandleader Herman E. Curtis, Sr., of Herman Curtis and the Dusky Devastators of
the Depression.
Curtis moved to Detroit, Michigan in January, 2009 .