Christine Ottoni is a writer and educator. She studied English Literature and Philosophy at the University of Toronto and has an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Guelph.
Christine’s short fiction has appeared in the pages of untethered, The Nashwaak Review, The Alaska Quarterly Review, Riddle Fence, Exile Literary Quarterly, and PRISM international. In 2021, she was awarded PRISM’s Wreck Beach Prize for Prose.
Her short story collection, Cracker Jacks for Misfits was published in 2019 by Exile Editions. It was written with support from the Toronto Arts Council and the Ontario Arts Council. In 2021 her chapbook under insides was published by Frog Hollow Press.
Christine is currently developing a novel with support from the Canada Council for the Arts. She has taught in the creative writing programs at the University of Guelph and the University of Toronto Scarborough.
Rock climbing, hiking, running, and the natural world fuel Christine’s creative life. She lives in Hamilton with her partner and dog.