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
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