Christina Lynch

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Christina Lynch’s picaresque journey includes chapters in Chicago and at Harvard, where she was an editor on the Harvard Lampoon. She was the Milan correspondent for W magazine and Women’s Wear Daily, and disappeared for four years in Tuscany. In L.A. she was on the writing staff of Unhappily Ever After; Encore, Encore; The Dead Zone and Wildfire. She now lives in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. She is the co-author of two novels under the pen name Magnus Flyte. She teaches at College of the Sequoias. The Italian Party is her debut novel. She is happy to answer your questions about Italy, writing or how to keep your dog off the sofa (answer: don't even try). ...more

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	Long Hidden: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History by Rose Fox (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Daniel José Older (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Thoraiya Dyer (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.07 avg rating — 409 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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A lot of people assume that my students are deeply impressed by my work as a novelist--ha! Teaching is a humbling profession. As most teachers will tell you, our students assume we disappear into a puff of smoke when we leave the classroom, and have no lives outside of meeting their needs (answering emails that begin "What did I miss today?"). That said, when physically confronted with the evidenc Read more of this blog post »

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Christina Lynch answered Lisa's question: I was curious about your inspiration for naming The Italian Party chapters after animals. (i.e., The Wolf, The caterpillar etc.)? I'm so sorry I took so long to answer your question! Somehow I did not get a notification about it. The chapters are named for the neighborhood organizations (in Italian: "contrada/contrade") in Siena, which are named for those animals/objects. Each See Full Answer
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“American tourists come here and they see only the happy, beautiful Italy they want to see, and that the Italians want them to see. The party. They don’t see the scars. The ongoing struggles. Why would they? They don’t see them at home, either.”
― Christina Lynch, The Italian Party

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“The world’s first bank was born here—Monte dei Paschi di Siena, in 1472. Before Columbus even set sail!”
― Christina Lynch, The Italian Party

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