Christine Neilson
Neilson's vivacity of spirit is mixed with a quirky wit and an insatiable curiosity as a self-proclaimed villager. She holds a B.A. and M.A. in English Literature/Creative Writing and has been a published poet and journalist since 1979.
Her journalistic credits include interviews with politicians Leon Panetta (1986-87,) California Governor Jerry Brown (1988, 2006), entertainer Willie Nelson
(1988). She was the first photojournalist allowed access into the world's largest institution for the criminally insane, Atascadero State Hospital, resulting in a six-part feature series in 1986.
Her travel reporting has taken her through Mexico; British Columbia, Canada; Frankfurt, Baden Baden Germany; France; Zurich and Geneva Switzerland; Negal, Montego Bay, Jamaica. In addition, she continues to be a theatre critic/reviewer of the arts and a University English Literature and Creative Writing instructor.
ViVACE Literary Journal was founded by Neilson in April 2008.
Read Neilson's monthly "Under the Tongue" column www.slocoastjournal.com, an eMagazine.
