Christine Piper

Christine Piper was born in Seoul, South Korea to an Australian father and a Japanese mother. Her family moved to Australia when she was a baby, and Piper grew up in Sydney. She has lived in Japan multiple times, teaching English and studying Japanese. She studied creative writing in Australia and the U.S., including at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. She completed her debut novel, After Darkness, while working on her Doctor of Creative Arts degree at the University of Technology, Sydney. In between studying and writing, Piper has had a successful career as a magazine journalist, serving as an editor at T: The New York Times Style Magazine Australia.