About

I specialize in writing memoirs for successful entrepreneurs. Among the titles that I published together with clients is “Bootstrap Entrepreneur” by John Miller. It is available on Amazon.

My background is in journalism. I began my career as an on-staff reporter at Die Presse, the leading quality newspaper in Austria. During eight years at the publication, I worked on the national and international desks. I edited the book review section for three years. After leaving Die Presse, I continued to work for the newspaper as a freelance journalist based first in Prague and then in Los Angeles.

Among the hundreds of stories that I wrote for newspapers and university publications are my conversations with John Irving and fellow Austrian ex-pat Wolfgang Puck. I interviewed party leaders, ministers, high-profile lawyers, athletes, authors, and artists and wrote dozens of personality profiles. The list of people whom I profiled includes Randol Schoenberg, the attorney of “Woman in Gold” movie fame; Olympic champion Inger Miller; Sheryl Gordon McCloud, a judge on the Washington State Supreme Court; Jean Rosenbluth, a magistrate judge in Los Angeles; and the internationally acclaimed Austrian illustrator Lisbeth Zwerger.

I live in Pasadena, California, enjoy long-distance walking, live theatre, poetry, and road trips.

One of my profiles and two of my feature stories won Los Angeles Press Club awards.

Upon request, I can provide references from ghostwriting clients.

No life journey is like another. Let's tell your story. You can email me at christina@chswriter.com to discuss how we can work together on your memoir project.

Other Works

  • Ten Mentors (coauthored with Bruce Pellegrino)

    2025
  • Bootstrap Entrepreneur (coauthored with John Miller)

    2022
  • Schau, der Herr Temml! (coauthored with Walter Temml)

    2020

Awards and Recognition

  • 2016 Southern California Journalism Awards: My written portrait of Steven Hovagimian, a Syrian-Austrian-Armenian man in L.A., won 2nd place in the category Personality Profile/Interview — Online (Whatever It Takes, published by LA2DC.org).
  • 2013 Southern California Journalism Awards: My feature about professional nitpickers, published by the Pasadena Weekly, won third place in the category News Feature (under 1,000 words).
  • 2005 Southern California Journalism Awards: My feature about Simi Valley, Wir gehen immer nur kegeln (Bowling Is All We Can Do Here, published in Die Presse), won second place in the category News Feature – International Journalism.