The Laughing Calvinist

Born in Texas and raised in the Central Savannah River Area (CSRA) of Georgia, USA, Christina E. Petrides lived and worked on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, 2017–2023, where she began writing poetry. Christina’s first poetry collection was On Unfirm Terrain (Kelsay Books, 2022); The Laughing Calvinist is her second collection. Many of the pieces in each collection were first published in periodicals around the world.

Christina is the author of multiple children’s books: Blueberry Man (2020); The Refrigerator Ghost (2022); Tea Cakes, Quilts, and Sonshine (2022); Mr. Fisher’s Whiskers (2024); and My Batty Aunt Betty (2025). Additionally, Christina served as the primary translator of Maria Shelyakhovskaya’s Being Grounded in Love: A History of One Russian Family, 1872–1981 (2023).

Website:
www.christinaepetrides.com 

Substack:
@christinaepetrides

Paperback: 114 pages
Publisher: Kelsay Books (October 29, 2025)

Also available on Kindle