Christina E. Petrides

Born in Texas and raised in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of Georgia, United States, Christina E. Petrides lived and worked in Washington, DC, 2003-2013 and on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2017-2023.

Her first children's book, Blueberry Man, was published by Tchaikovsky Family Books in 2020; the Korean and Kindle ebook versions were issued in 2021. Christina's second children's book, The Refrigerator Ghost, was published by Kong Books, Seoul, in Korean translation in March 2022. Her third children's book, Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine, was issued by Tchaikovsky Family Books in September 2022. 

Scores of Christina's poems have been published in periodicals worldwide. Her first poetry collection, On Unfirm Terrain, was published by Kelsay Books in November 2022.

Christina co-translated Maria Shelyakhovskaya’s Utverzhdenie v liubvi. Istoria odnoi russkoi sem’i: 1872-1981 (St. Petersburg: Zvezda, 2010) [Being Grounded in Love: A History of One Russian Family, 1872-1981], which is forthcoming in 2023 from Slavica Publishers.

Christina is overseeing the illustration of her fourth children's book, with plans to publish in English and in Korean in Fall 2023. She is also writing more poetry, and has begun a Substack to record her adventures.