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Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Orphan Train, The Exiles, and The Foursome (2026). Her novels are published worldwide.
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Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including Orphan Train, The Exiles, Please Don’t Lie (with Anne Burt), and the forthcoming The Foursome (May 2026). Published in more than 40 countries, her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among others, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, schools, and universities as “One Book” selections.
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A #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including Orphan Train, The Exiles, Please Don’t Lie (co-authored with Anne Burt), and the forthcoming The Foursome (May 2026), Christina Baker Kline is published in more than 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities, and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as The New York Times and The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
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A #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including Orphan Train, The Exiles, Please Don’t Lie (co-authored with Anne Burt), and the forthcoming The Foursome (May 2026), Christina Baker Kline is published in more than 40 countries. Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities, and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as The New York Times and The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle.
Kline was born in Cambridge, England, and raised there as well as in the American South and Maine. She is a graduate of Yale, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow in Fiction Writing. She has taught at Yale, NYU, UVA, Drew, and Fordham, where she served as Writer-in-Residence. The author or editor of five nonfiction books, she is a recipient of numerous Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Writer-in-Residence Fellowships. A resident of New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine, Kline is married to David Kline and has three sons: Hayden, Will, and Eli.
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Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of ten novels – Orphan Train, The Exiles, A Piece of the World, The Way Life Should Be, Bird in Hand, Desire Lines, Sweet Water, Orphan Train Girl (middle-grade), Please Don’t Lie (a thriller co-authored with Anne Burt), and the forthcoming The Foursome (5/26). She is the author or editor of five nonfiction books: The Conversation Begins, Child of Mine, Room to Grow, About Face, and Always Too Soon. She is published in 40 countries.
Her novels have received the New England Prize for Fiction, the Maine Literary Award, the Inter-Allied Union Prize of the Cercle Interallie (Paris), and a Barnes & Noble Discover Award, among other prizes, and have been chosen by hundreds of communities, universities and schools as “One Book, One Read” selections. Her essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in publications such as The New York Times and The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, and The San Francisco Chronicle. She has contributed to numerous anthologies, including Stories from Suffragette City and Lolita in the Afterlife.
Christina Baker Kline was born in England and raised in the American South and Maine. She is a graduate of Yale (B.A.), Cambridge (M.A.), and the University of Virginia (M.F.A.), where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow. She has taught fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, English literature, literary theory, and women’s studies at Yale, NYU, UVA, Drew, and Fordham, where she served as Writer-in-Residence for four years. She was also a Faculty Mentor in the BookEnds intensive novel-writing program at Stony Brook University. She is a recipient of several Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation Fellowships and Writer-in-Residence Fellowships at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Kline serves on the Board of Directors of the Authors Guild and Poets & Writers, her most significant professional commitments. She sits on the Advisory Boards of the Montclair Literary Festival, the Kaua’i Writers Conference, and Roots & Wings, and is a member of the Writers Council of the Center for Fiction. In addition, she serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association and is an Author-Ambassador for Room to Read, a global nonprofit that works to improve literacy and gender inequality.
A resident of New York City and Southwest Harbor, Maine, Kline is married to David Kline and has three sons: Hayden, Will, and Eli.
Scholarships:
•Christina Baker Kline Scholarship for Maine Writers, Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance: This scholarship covers the cost of both a one-year membership to the MWPA and registration fees for two MWPA writing workshops during the year, as well as career and manuscript consultation with Christina.
•Christina Baker Scholarship for Indigenous Students, College of The Atlantic: The four-year scholarship is awarded to students with financial need, with a preference toward Wabanaki and Native American students and students engaged in gender studies and literature.
Organizations & Causes:
•The Authors Guild (NYC): Supports working writers. Advocates for the rights of writers by supporting free speech, fair contracts, and copyright. Creates community and fights for a living wage.
•Poets & Writers (NYC): Fosters the professional development of poets and writers, promotes communication throughout the literary community, and helps create an environment in which literature can be appreciated by the widest possible public.
•The Center for Fiction (NYC): The only nonprofit literary organization in the U.S. solely dedicated to celebrating fiction. Connects readers and writers.
•Room to Read: A global nonprofit that works to improve literacy and gender inequality.
•Roots & Wings (NJ): Provides young adults who age out of New Jersey’s foster care system with safe housing, case management, education, counseling, and life skills in order to empower them toward self-sufficiency.
•PEN (NYC): Unites writers and their allies to celebrate creative expression and defends the liberties that make it possible.
•Southwest Harbor Public Library (ME): The Southwest Harbor Public Library’s mission is to “inspire and support the enjoyment of life-long learning, the love of literacy, and the exploration of new ideas, welcoming everyone through its doors.”
•Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance: Founded in 1975 by a group of writers and publishers, the Maine Writers & Publishers Alliance works to enrich the literary life and culture of Maine.
•The Jesup/Bar Harbor Memorial Library (ME): A vibrant center for educational exchange, creative community collaboration, and knowledge-sharing where we connect people to ideas, people to information, and people to people.
•Friends of Acadia (ME): Friends of Acadia preserves, protects, and promotes stewardship of the outstanding natural beauty, ecological vitality, and distinctive cultural resources of Acadia National Park and surrounding communities for the inspiration and enjoyment of current and future generations.
•Harbor House, Southwest Harbor (ME): A non-profit community service organization serving the communities of Mount Desert Island. With seven program areas and a roster of more than 40 health, fitness, educational, sports, community-based and youth-focused classes and activities, Harbor House serves every age group and every economic level and has done so for 55 years and counting.
