Christine Hartman Derr is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma. Drawing from her experience being a first-generation college student who now serves as adjunct faculty at a community college and teaches creative writing with Gotham Writers, Christine hopes to encourage writers to find—and use—their voices. In her creative work, Christine writes short and long-form children’s literature. Her short fiction is included in Just YA as well as in the Michael L. Printz Award–winning anthology Legendary Frybread Drive-In. Her debut picture book, Until We Meet Again: Donadagohvi and debut novel, Raven, Rising, are forthcoming from Heartdrum/HarperCollins Children’s. Further work can be found on Indigenous Reads Rising, Booklist, and in the Bank Street College of Education Occasional Paper Series. Originally from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Christine lives in East Tennessee with her spouse, children, and a rambunctious crew of lovable pets with themed names.
