About
Christine Fadden is an award-winning writer, ghostwriter, and editor. She has worked on over two-dozen books and book proposals, with a focus on memoir, personal growth, spirituality, and organizational culture. Literary fiction is her first love.
Before turning to writing full-time, Christine worked as a university English language instructor in the United States and abroad, and as an archaeologist. Since graduating from the Warren Wilson MFA Program for Writers, she has received fellowships from Artist Trust, Playa Arts and Science Residency, Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, Jentel Artists’ Residency, Brush Creek Arts Foundation, Vermont Studio Center, and Djerassi.
Christine splits her time between the Olympic Peninsula and Portugal, where she enjoys swimming, hiking, playing pétanque, befriending all dogs, and running.
Featured Work
When You Dare to Say Yes: Jill Derby and Nevada Activism
In 1973, a radical choice that Jill Derby made while under pressure changed the trajectory of her career from a potential profession in academia to that of a lifelong political activist. When You Dare to Say Yes is a decades-spanning account of how a conservative and conventional upbringing, which began in rural Nevada, evolved into progressive political activism that influenced the course of the state’s education system and advanced women’s gender equality in public life.
Derby’s account of the awakening of her post-college experience living abroad and stories of her global travels infuse this memoir with an international perspective and entertaining vignettes. Ultimately, Derby shares her personal understanding of the transformative power of living among different cultures.
Other Works
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MAN*ifesting: A Step-by-Step Guide to Attracting the Love That Is Meant for You
2023
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"Prison Killed My Libido" in hobartpulp.com
2021
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Time to Fly: Life and Love After Loss
2020
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Born to Shine: Practical Tools to Help You SHINE, Even in Life’s Darkest Moments
2019
Awards and Recognition
- Pushcart Nominee 2022 / Playa Art and Science Residency 2018 / Brush Creek Artist Residency 2018 & 2012 / Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Literary Artists 2015 / Djerassi Resident Artists Program 2014 / Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival's Fiction Prize Winner 2014 / Faulkner Society Novel Semi-Finalist 2014 / Faulkner Society Novel In-Progress Finalist 2013 / Wyoming Arts Council Blanchan Award 2013 / Leo Love Merit Scholarship, Taos Summer Writers' Conference 2013 / Jentel Artist Residency 2011 / Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts 2011
