Christine Anderson

Christine F. Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York. Tragically she was orphaned by her 9th birthday and was raised by her older brother. She was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder in 1987. Christine attended Pace University for her undergraduate studies and received her MBA in Marketing from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1991. She has traveled extensively and lived in New York City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. She served a 70-month federal prison sentence for securities fraud between MCC Chicago and FCI Danbury, Connecticut. She has dedicated her life to animal rescue via www.thecrittercrusade.com. She now lives with her boyfriend and her many animals on a farm in a small country town in Central Virginia.

Interview

1. Could you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Christine F. Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York. Tragically she was orphaned by her 9th birthday and was raised by her older brother. She was diagnosed with Bipolar I Disorder in 1987. Christine attended Pace University for her undergraduate studies and received her MBA in Marketing from New York University's Stern School of Business in 1991. She has traveled extensively and lived in New York City, Las Vegas and Los Angeles. She served a 70-month federal prison sentence for securities fraud between MCC Chicago and FCI Danbury, Connecticut. She has dedicated her life to animal rescue viawww.thecrittercrusade.com. She now lives with her boyfriend and her many animals on a farm in a small country town in central Virginia.

In 2013, after she self published her memoir, Forever Different, Christine founded Christine F. Anderson Publishing & Media, where she is currently CEOwww.publishwithcfa.com ans serves on the marketing committee for the International Bipolar Foundation www.ibpf.org.

2. Describe your book Forever Different: A Memoir of One Woman's Journey Living with Bipolar Disorder in 30 words or less. 

An uncut, raw and gripping story of one woman's life struggle with the extreme highs and lows of Bipolar I Disorder.

3. What was the hardest part of writing your book?

Being brutally honest about some of the horrible things that I had done.

4. What books have had the greatest influence on you?

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield Jamison

5. Briefly share with us what you do to market your book?

I donate a portion of the proceeds to The International Bipolar Foundation www.ibpf.org and I am actively involved in working with them and that I have found to be the best exposure for my book

6. How do you spend your time when you are not writing?

I operate a small publishing company so when I am not working on my own writing I help others.

7. What are you working on next?

I am in the middle of writing The Critter Crusade: Why I Dedicate My Life to Animal rescue a memoir of all the animal that I have rescued and their stories.

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