Christine Craig
Christine Craig (born 24 June 1943) is a Jamaican writer living in Florida.[1][2]
She was born in Kingston and grew up in rural Saint Elizabeth. Craig 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.[3] 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 Mint Tea.[1] She also researched, wrote and presented a series of stories on Jamaican history for children's television.[3]
She 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 The Jamaica Gleaner from 1990 to 1998.[2] Craig later moved to Fort Lauderdale.[4]
Selected works[1][4]
- Emanuel Goes to Market, children's fiction (1971)
- The Bird Gang, children's fiction (1990)
- Guyana at the Crossroads, non-fiction (1992), with Denis Watson
- Jamaica’s National Report to the World Conference on the Environment (1992), co-editor
References
- 1 2 3 4 Benson, Eugene; Conolly, L.W (2004). Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. pp. 276–77. ISBN 1134468482.
- 1 2 3 "Contemporary Authors Online". Biography in Context. 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2015.
- 1 2 Craig, Christine (1993). Mint Tea and Other Stories. ISBN 0435989324.
- 1 2 "Christine Craig". Peepal Tree Press.
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