Christina Thompson

Christina Thompson is the editor of Harvard Review author of two books: Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia, which won the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award, the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award, and the 2019 NSW Premier’s General History Award, and a memoir, Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All, which was a finalist for the 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Award and the 2010 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing. The recipient of fellowships from the NEH, NEA, and the National Library of Australia, she teaches  writing and editing at Harvard University Extension and lives outside Boston with her husband and three sons.