Christine Craig

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Christine Craig
Born (1943-06-24) 24 June 1943 (age 82)
Kingston, Jamaica
Alma mater University of the West Indies
OccupationWriter

Christine Craig (born 24 June 1943) is a Jamaican writer living in Florida, United States. [1] [2] She has published collections of poetry and short stories, as well as children's fiction and several non-fiction works. [3]

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Biography

Christine Craig was born in Kingston, Jamaica, and grew up in rural Saint Elizabeth. She received a BA from the University of the West Indies. [1] In 1970, she published her first work, Emanuel and His Parrot, a children's book. [4] She began publishing poetry in the late 1970s and published her first poetry collection, Quadrille for Tigers, in 1984. In 1993, Craig published a collection of short stories entitled Mint Tea. [1] She also researched, wrote and presented a series of stories on Jamaican history for children's television. [4]

Craig tutored English literature at the University of the West Indies and was adjunct professor at Barry University in Florida. [2] In 1989, she took part in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa. She was editor in Miami for The Jamaica Gleaner from 1990 to 1998. [2] She later moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [3]

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 3 Elaine Salvory (Fido) (2004). "Craig, Christine (1943– )". In Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L. W. (eds.). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Routledge. pp. 276–77. ISBN   1134468482.
  2. 1 2 3 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. 2013. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "Christine Craig". Peepal Tree Press.
  4. 1 2 Biographical note, Craig, Christine (1993). Mint Tea and Other Stories. Heinemann. ISBN   9780435989323.
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