Christina E. Petrides is an American writer, poet, longtime blogger, and English teacher. She earned a BA in Russian Studies from Washington and Lee University, an MA in International Studies from the University of South Carolina (Columbia), and an MA in Russian History from Georgetown University. From Columbia County, Georgia, she moved to Jeju Island, South Korea, in 2017. ¡ºBlueberry Man¡» is her first children¡¯s book.