Writer, book coach, and historian whose work integrates creative and research-based writing.
Christina received her PhD from the Department of History at the University of Maryland, College Park, and now writes about feminism, culture, and social movements for all audiences. Her first book, The Women’s Rights Movement since 1945, is out now. She recently finished writing Crosshatch: Martha Schofield, the Forgotten Feminist (1839–1916), a biography in essays of the nineteenth-century abolitionist and feminist Martha Schofield. A finalist for the 2021 River Teeth nonfiction book prize, Crosshatch is forthcoming from Blackwater Press.
Read some of her published essays here.
Preorder Crosshatch here.
Order The Women’s Rights Movement since 1945 here.
Christina makes her living as a book coach and editor. As an Author Accelerator–certified nonfiction coach, she loves helping her clients find their voices, hone their craft, and navigate the publishing industry. Since 2015, she has also served as editor-in-chief of the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal.
Read about her coaching and editing and learn how to hire her here.
Christina regularly speaks on the history of women and social movements. She has appeared on C-SPAN, on local NPR affiliates, and in the documentary Sisters in Freedom: The Daring Battle to End Slavery. Send Christina a message to book her for your event.