Christa Polkinhorn


Biography

Christa Polkinhorn, originally from Switzerland, lives and works as writer and translator in Santa Monica, California. She divides her time between the United States and Switzerland and has strong ties to both countries. The tension and excitement this "double life" creates informs her work. Among her many interests, aside from writing, are traveling, studying foreign languages and cultures, drawing and painting, meeting people and forming friendships.

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Books

Path of Fire    by Christa Polkinhorn
Price: $0.99 USD. 2870 words. Published on January 2, 2011. Fiction.

A volume of poems which one reader called "clear-eyed and elegiac, with a cosmopolitan flavor. Path of Fire is full of unsentimental but emotionally charged poems about loneliness and family and searching the earth for a home."

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Smashwords book reviews by Christa Polkinhorn

  • Lor Mandela - Destruction from Twins on July 11, 2011
    star star star star star
    I thoroughly enjoyed this fascinating mix of teenage realism and mysterious fantasy world. The characters are believable and the writing is fast-paced and well-crafted. I look forward to Part Two! Christa Polkinhorn, author "An Uncommon Family" "Love of a Stonemason"