Christine Baker is an award-winning storyteller, speaker, and lifelong animal lover. Her writing explores the quiet magic woven into everyday life — the resilience we discover in loss, and the extraordinary ways animals shape our journeys.

She is the author of Why She Plays: The World of Women's Basketball (University of Nebraska Press, 2018), a groundbreaking book that gives voice to female athletes and celebrates their passion for the game. Her work has earned recognition including the Wesleyan University Rulewater Prize and Mount Saint Mary College Distinguished Alumni Award, and has received multiple screenplay honors including Sundance Screenwriters Institute Top 10 Finalist. As a screenwriter, her scripts have garnered festival selections and industry acclaim.

Whether writing about sports, crafting screenplays that bring strong women from history to life, or weaving tales of contemporary fiction with magical elements, Christine is drawn to stories of strength, connection, and the courage to live authentically. Raising Artemis, forthcoming in September 2026 with Roundfire Books, is her most personal work yet, blending her love of nature, her beloved animal companions, and her belief that stories can heal.

Christine lives in Connecticut, where she can be found tending her garden, walking along the shoreline, or sharing her home with animals who always seem to have the last word.