C V Williams

Dr Christine Williams is the author of four biographical works. She wrote the first biography of novelist Christina Stead, and has had work published in Australia, the United States, England and India. She has a special interest in memoir, relationships and identity in life-writing, having researched the life of the Indian philosopher, Jiddu Krishnamurti, for her Doctorate of Creative Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney. She also holds a Master of Arts from the University of Sydney.

Writing across a range of genres, Christine has won a state History Fellowship and has had a number of short stories published in academic journals and the mainstream media. She is currently working on a novel set in India, to be published next year.

She teaches creative writing and memoir classes at the Sydney School of Arts & Humanities: http://www.ssoa.com.au