Christine Betts is a novelist, author of award-winning short stories and teaches creative writing workshops and ekphrastic writing. Her work has found recognition in writing competitions, including The Tasmanian Writers Prize, Hawkeye Publishing Manuscript Development Prize, and The Scarlet Stiletto Awards.
Christine is the Workshops Manager for the Currumbin Crime Writers Festival. She has been a member of the Gold Coast Writers’ Association since 2018 and served on the committee as newsletter editor (2021-23) and speaker coordinator (2023-24). Christine is the creator of the Write and Sip fundraising events, patron/judge of the GCWA Short Story Competition (2022-23) and the creator of the popular GCWA members’ Critique Groups.
A firm believer that creativity will save the world, she writes daily and encourages everyone to join in. She lives and works on Bundjalung country with her family and two spoiled cats, but spends as much time traveling as she can.