Christine Darcas has had fiction and non-fiction published in the US, Australia and elsewhere overseas. In the US, her short stories have been published in the Vermont Literary Review, THEMA, Potpourri, and the now-defunct Belletrist Review (which nominated that story for a Pushcart Prize). Her fiction has also appeared in the Paris-based Upstairs at Duroc. Her memoir piece about her experience as a relief worker in Chad (where she met her husband Francois) is a chapter in the Orbis Books/Earthscan anthology Another Day in Paradise. Her 2006 Christmas Eve article in The Philadelphia Inquirer won ByLine Magazine's 2006 Inspirational Article competition.
In Australia, Christine has freelanced for several publications including Melbourne's Child, Business Franchise Magazine, DANCEtrain and WARCRY. The Age published her article on Tatura's WWII internment camps in the Historic Victoria section and her work has also appeared in Sunday Life Magazine. She is completing her diploma in Creative Writing and Editing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Christine's educational and professional background include a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and African Studies from Wesleyan University (US), famine relief work in Chad, a Masters in Business Administration from Cornell University (US), and several years working in product management with Lever Brothers Company (a division of Unilever) in New York City. For the last fifteen years, she has raised her two children through her husband's career moves from the US, to Hong Kong, to France and finally to Australia where she intends to stay, having recently received her Australian citizenship.
In addition to her writing, Christine is passionate about Latin American dancing, achieving 7th place in the semi-finals of the 2007 Tattersall's Australian Dancesport Championships in the Masters division.
Her first published novel Dancing Backwards in High Heels is available now around Australia.
