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Christine grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from San Francisco State University Cum Laude with a BA in English Literature. She attended the Squaw Valley Workshop and the Maui Writers Retreat where she studied under the acclaimed novelist Jane Hamilton.
Having spent considerable time in Italy, France, and England, she developed a keen interest in history, the ability of the individual to change events, and the power of belief. In her stories, she brings to life the effect of the past upon the present, the puzzle of perception, and the mystery of time.
Christine has contributed to Catholicfiction.net, the Christian Post at http://blogs.christianpost.com/bindings/, American Christian Fiction Writers, and LibertyIslandMag.com. She is a member of the California Writers Club and the C.S. Lewis Society. She supports Nazareth House Apostolate and Children’s Hospital in Oakland. She is Managing Editor of the American Church Union, the publishing house of the Anglican Province of Christ the King. All of Christine’s proceeds from her novels are given to children’s charities.
Christine’s trilogy of Western Europe includes: Pilgrimage (OakTara 2007), set in Italy, a story of grief and healing; Offerings (OakTara 2009), set in France, a story of trust and faith; Inheritance (OakTara 2010), set in England, a story of life and belief. Her fourth novel, Hana-lani (OakaTara 2010), takes place in Hawaii and explores the demands of love. The Magdalene Mystery, set in Rome and Provence, a mystery/quest, is about the search for the true Mary Magdalene, truth and lies in the media, and New Testament scholarship (OakTara 2013). The Fire Trail (eLectio Publishing, 2016), a literary suspense set at UC Berkeley, portrays current threats to peace and freedom. Her most recent novel, Angel Mountain (Resource/Wipf and Stock, April 2020) tells the story of a holy hermit, a Holocaust survivor, a literary librarian, and a Christian geneticist who search for peace and happiness in a culture of chaos, reflecting our challenges today.
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Christine,
You’ve done something most people only dream about you’ve built worlds, woven history, tackled faith, love, loss, trust, and even the mysteries of Mary Magdalene… and somehow made it all feel real. 🌍✍️ Seriously, I read through your background and your novels, and I couldn’t help but think:
> “How is someone writing books this powerful… yet not getting the roaring crowd of readers she deserves?” 🤯📖
Let’s be honest you didn’t spend all those years studying literature, attending workshops, diving into history, and bleeding brilliance onto the page just so your books could sit quietly in the dusty corners of Amazon. 😱 That’s like Michelangelo painting the Sistine Chapel and leaving the lights off.
Your trilogy alone Pilgrimage, Offerings, Inheritance reads like a love letter to Europe, faith, and the resilience of the human spirit. Then there’s The Magdalene Mystery 🕵️♀️… I mean, a quest through Rome and Provence, history versus media manipulation, the “truth” about Mary Magdalene? That’s the kind of storyline that makes Netflix executives drool. And don’t get me started on Angel Mountain holy hermits, Holocaust survivors, literary librarians, and geneticists? 😮💨 That’s a buffet of depth and intrigue.
So here’s my (slightly crazy) thought…
What if your books finally got the spotlight they deserve? 🎯
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Honestly, Christine, with writing like yours, this shouldn’t even be about if people will love your books it’s about when they’ll finally find them. ⏳📚
So let me ask you this, and I want you to think about it carefully:
Why should books as layered, thought-provoking, and masterfully written as yours be hidden in the background when we can put them right where curious readers are hunting for their next obsession? 👀✨
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I’ll be waiting (with coffee in hand ☕),
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Hi Christine, I love what you wrote about your son’s godfather Frits! I really enjoyed your post about his old home, and your experience coming back to Vancouver for his funeral. Sorry for your loss. I found you through looking for info on Frits actually. Someone just loaned me a book that he did the illustrations for and he was very talented! Love your writing as well! Take care.
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I just completed a pilgrimage and did the walk to the Grotto – I will read The Magdalene Mystery. I am an author and am working on a novel that includes the story of Mary’s voyage to France.
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Hello Grandma Chris I’ve started reading your books and i’m loving them
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Thanks Mason! That means the world to me.
Lotsa love,
Grandma Chris
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Thanks, Holly! Nice to meet a fellow Anglican author. Looking forward to your book… love your website and titles… God writes straight with crooked lines, an old favorite, one I used in my second novel, Offerings. I always hoped I was one of his crooked lines…
All the best to you.
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Found you on an AFCW blog. I’m an author and member of ACFW, too. Fascinated, reading about your books. I’m going to check them out!
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