Kristina Elyse Butke is the author of the YA fantasy Son of the Siren, (2024) published by Oliver Heber Books. She has a forthcoming YA romantasy trilogy, The Darkening Gate, to be published by Oliver Heber Books beginning summer of 2026 with the first book in the series, The Name and the Key.
She earned her MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, which allowed her to teach English composition as an adjunct professor. Soon after, Kristina moved to Kumamoto prefecture in Japan to teach English to high school students for six years through the prestigious JET Program. Upon return, she was back teaching college again, once more focusing on composition.
Not only has Kristina lived abroad in Japan, but she also briefly studied overseas in Wales as an undergraduate. Her time in both countries–the Dragon Lands–serve as creative inspiration, and her experiences abroad have changed her life and her perspective. The fantastical settings and creatures she creates are often sourced from her time in Japan and Wales.
When Kristina isn’t reading, writing, or cosplaying, you can find her wandering languidly through dark forests, the more whimsical, the better.
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