Christine Hanolsy is a (primarily) science fiction and fantasy writer who simply cannot resist a love story. She serves as Editor-in-Chief of the online writing community YeahWrite. She completed her first novel—a post-technological pseudo-steampunk sci-fi adventure—with co-author Rowan Beckett Grigsby in 2018; they are actively seeking representation. Christine lives in the Pacific Northwest with her wife and their two children.

You can follow her on Facebook and Twitter.

If you’re looking for some good writing advice, Christine recommends Neil Gaiman’s 8 Good Writing Practices, especially #1 (“Write.”) and #2 (“Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.”)

Publications

Short stories

• Afterimage (in Crush: Stories about Love, MidnightSun Publishing, September 2017)
• Modern Girls (in Enchanted Conversation, February, 2018)
• The Ocean Is Not My Lover (in Five Minutes at Hotel Stormcove, Atthis Arts, May 2019)
• Rain (in Itty Bitty Writing Place: A Flash Fiction Anthology, June 2019)
• Overcome (with Rowan Beckett Grigsby (in Heroines & Hellions: A Sirens Benefit Anthology, September, 2019)
• The Siren and the Switch (in Fantastic Trains: An Anthology of Phantasmagorical Engines and Rail Riders, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, September, 2019)

Essays

• How to Remodel (in Dead Housekeeping, August, 2018)
• How to Dust (in The Timberline Review, August, 2019)

Articles

• Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How To Write Like a Kid Again (at The Story Engine, May, 2021)
• Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Writing Effective Microfiction (at The Story Engine, July, 2021)

Awards & Contests

• Rights and Privileges, BlogHer Voices of the Year Award & Community Keynote Speaker (July, 2015)
• Festival, Finalist, 47th New Millennium Award for Flash Fiction (April, 2019)
• November Morning, Honorable Mention, 2020 Haiku Contest, Dreamers Magazine (July, 2020)

Reviews

“Christine Hanolsy’s surreal “The Siren and the Switch” conjures a stunningly strange landscape and explores the potential destinies of those who travel through it.” —Publishers Weekly, 9/23/19

Updated 7/8/2021