C H R I S T I N E G R A C E grew up in St. Andrew, Jamaica where her mother was the founder of the first netball team, a popular race car driver, and a storyteller. Her father played cricket for the nation. After spending three years in Paris writing, and more years in her profession traveling the globe, she is the author of "Rising from the Mire: a short story collection" and "Sydney’s Skeletons," a novel.