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Christine Bollow is a queer, disabled Filipina litizen who currently lives in Tucson. Christine is the Book Champion for LeftField Media’s events Rose City Comic Con and Romancing Portland, in addition to Awesome Con and Romancing DC. She’s co-owner of Loyalty Bookstores and is the founder and director of Liwanag Filipino Lit Fest DC. Christine was a Fiction Juror for the 2024 Kirkus Prize and judged for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards for Bisexual Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry. She is a recipient of the 2024 Duende-Word BIPOC Bookseller Leadership Award and a 2022 Publishers Weekly Star Watch Honoree. Christine graduated from Barnard College and can be found on Bookstagram @readingismagical.