Christine Kandic Torres

Born and raised in Queens, New York, Christine Kandic Torres is a writer with Puerto Rican and Croatian roots. Her debut novel, The Girls in Queens, was selected for the American Library Association’s 2023 Rise Feminist Booklist. Her Pushcart Prize-nominated short fiction has been published in outlets such as Catapult, Wigleaf, Kweli, and The Offing. A Hedgebrook and VONA alum, she is also the recipient of a Jerome Foundation emerging artist fellowship for fiction at the Anderson Center, and a New Work Grant from the Queens Council on the Arts.