Christina Baker Kline is a highly acclaimed author from the United States, well-known for her fiction, art, and historical fiction books. She has written a total of seven novels, with two of them, "A Piece of World" and "Orphan Train," being particularly popular. "A Piece of World" is based on the relationship between an artist named Andrew Wyeth and his most popular painting's subject.
Kline's works have achieved significant success, with several of her books becoming bestsellers and being listed in the New York Times bestselling list. Her novels have been translated and published in 40 different countries and have been honored with various awards. These include the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award. Moreover, her novels have been selected by hundreds of communities, universities, and schools as "One Book, One Read" selections.
Christina Baker Kline was born in England and was raised in the American South and Maine. She earned her undergraduate degree from Yale, her master's degree from Cambridge, and her M.F.A. from the University of Virginia, where she was a Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing. Kline is an active participant in the literary community, serving on the advisory boards of several organizations, including the Center for Fiction (NY), the Jesup Library (Bar Harbor, ME), the Montclair Literary Festival (NJ), the Kauai Writers Festival (HI), and Roots & Wings (NJ). She also serves on the gala committees of Poets & Writers (NY), The Authors Guild (NY) and Friends of Acadia (ME). Additionally, Kline is an Artist-Mentor for StudioDuke at Duke University and the BookEnds program at Stony Brook University. She divides her time between New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine.