Born in 1988 in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area to Mark and Lidia Stoddard, Christine Stoddard has gravitated toward art and communications since she was a little girl. From an early age, Christine has worked on newspapers and literary magazines; participated in art shows; found outlets for her performances; and constantly come up with new creative projects.
Christine has won several local, regional, and national awards, including recognition from The Washington Post, USA Today, The International Cinematographer's Guild, The Poetry Society of Virginia, and The Greater Washington Hispanic Youth Symposium. Christine is also the founder of Comicality Magazine, The Reel Dame Film Festival, and Quail Bell Magazine. Style Weekly named Christine one of Richmond, VA's "Top 40 Under 40" in October 2011.
Christine's first book, Once Upon a Body (Six Gallery Press), will be released in May 2012. Currently she is finishing up her studies in Film, English, and Product Design at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA. She is also a literacy tutor with additional specialities in Art and Spanish at Carver Elementary School through VCU AmeriCorps.
Scheduled to graduate in August 2012, Christine plans to continue running her company Quail Bell Press & Productions and working on both personal and community art projects.