Born in Texas and raised in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of Georgia, USA, Christina E. Petrides lived and worked on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2017-2023, where she began writing poetry.
Christina's first poetry collection was On Unfirm Terrain (Kelsay Books, 2022); The Laughing Calvinist is her second collection. Many of the pieces in each collection were first published in periodicals around the world.
Christina is the author of multiple children's books: Blueberry Man (2020); The Refrigerator Ghost (2022); Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine (2022); Mr. Fisher's Whiskers (2024); and My Batty Aunt Betty (2025).
Additionally, Christina served as the primary translator of Maria Shelyakhovskaya's Being Grounded in Love: A History of One Russian Family, 1872-1981 (2023).
Website:
www.christinaepetrides.com
Substack:
@christinaepetrides
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