Christy Admiraal lives in the greater Grand Rapids area, and has since the age of 6. She has written for a handful of West Michigan-based publications, including Revue, Grand Rapids Magazine, and Grand Rapids Family; CCM Magazine, a gig for which she reviewed Christian music albums, and over which she got a lot of hate mail; and the Calvin College Chimes, a gig over which she got less hate mail, the occasional compliment, and a Michigan Press Association award. Somewhere down the line, she picked up a bachelor’s degree in media studies and got married, thus becoming the only Christy Admiraal in America. When she grows up, she wants to be a youth services librarian by day and an entertainment/pop cultural critic by night. Right now, part-time writing serves her well.

She geeks out about the following: books of the Bible that start with the letter “E” (particularly Esther and Ecclesiastes), dinosaurs, elephants, the Disney empire, library science, literature for children (particularly the Harry Potter series and A Series of Unfortunate Events), Lost, rock critics who write memoirs, Scottish history and culture, The X-Files, and alphabetizing. Her favorite movies are probably Almost Famous and The Apartment, though she’ll always hold a special place in her heart for Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure and Rushmore, and she enjoys no movie more than Jurassic Park. She listens to everything, and is the only person that isn’t lying when they make that claim. She could beat you at Soul Calibur II, and she hopes you are having a fantastic day.