Christine Craig

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

Biography

She was born in Kingston, Jamaica, 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.^[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 Mint Tea.^[1] She also researched, wrote and presented a series of stories on Jamaican history for children's television.^[4]

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, Florida.^[3]

Selected works

• Emanuel and His Parrot (Oxford University Press, 1970)
• Emanuel Goes to Market, children's fiction (Oxford University Press, 1971)
• Quadrille for Tigers, poetry (Mina Press, 1984)
• The Bird Gang, children's fiction (Heinemann Caribbean, 1990)
• Guyana at the Crossroads, non-fiction (University of Miami, 1992), with Denis Watson
• Jamaica's National Report to the World Conference on the Environment (1992), co-editor
• Mint Tea and Other Stories (Heinemann, 1993, ISBN 978-0435989323)
• Poems All Things Bright & Quadrille for Tigers (Peepal Tree Press, 2010, ISBN 978-1845231729)

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