Christianse, Yvette

Yvette Christianse was born in South Africa under apartheid and emigrated with her family via Swaziland to Australia at the age of eighteen. She is the author of the 1999 poetry collection "Castaway". She teaches English and postcolonial studies at Fordham University and lives in New York City. "Unconfessed", her first novel, was honored as a 2006 PEN/Hemingway Award finalist.