Press Bios
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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, director, artist, and actor. She created Quail Bell Press & Productions, known for the Badass Lady-Folk show, Forget Fairytales comics, Quail Bell Magazine, and more. She has authored a body of work comprised of books, films, plays, visual art, and new media.
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Christine Stoddard is a Salvadoran-American writer, director, and artist who has authored a body of work comprised of books, films, plays, visual art, and digital media. She created Quail Bell Press & Productions, known for Quail Tales sketch comedy, the Badass Lady-Folk show, Forget Fairytales comics, Quail Bell Magazine, and more. In 2023, Brooklyn Magazine named her one of Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Fascinating People. Her work has appeared in the Broadway Comedy Club, Radio Free Brooklyn, The Huffington Post, Gene Frankel Theatre, Ms. Magazine, New York Transit Museum, Cosmopolitan, Queens Botanical Garden, The Brooklyn Rail, Portland Review, and beyond.
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Christine Stoddard is a writer, director, artist, and actor whose work spans experimental and commercial fields. She created Quail Bell Press & Productions, known for Quail Tales sketch comedy, the Badass Lady-Folk show, Forget Fairytales comics, Quail Bell Magazine, and more. In 2023, Brooklyn Magazine named her one of Brooklyn's Top 50 Most Fascinating People. The author of fiction, poetry, art, and non-fiction history books, Stoddard has contributed words, images, and videos to The Huffington Post, Bustle, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Native Peoples, Yes! Magazine, Teen Vogue, and other publications. Her produced films and plays include Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares; Sirena’s Gallery; Naomi & the Reckoning; Bottled; Butterflies; and other titles. Ms. Magazine, The Brooklyn Rail, The Portland Review, and The Southeast Review are among the many publications that have interviewed her about her work and creative practice. She was the first-ever artist-in-residence (AIR) at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and part of inaugural AIR cohorts at the Queens Botanical Garden and Brooklyn Public Library. During her AIR tenure at HeartShare Human Services of New York, she painted 17 murals and as AIR at Annmarie Sculpture Garden, she created 11 installed sculptures. She is a three-time Puffin Foundation grantee and one of FOLIO’s “Top 20 Media Visionaries in their 20s.” Past clients and collaborators have ranged from the Art Deco Society of New York to the New York Transit Museum to the Broadway Comedy Club, among others. Born to a Salvadoran mother and American father, she holds an MFA from The City College of New York and undergrad degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is pursuing her MA in Oral History in the City of New York.
