Christina Bauer has been a professional writer for more than a decade, having written for advertising and marketing firms in New York, Pennsylvania, the District of Columbia and Massachusetts. The Pirate Queen - A Timewalker Journey is her first work of fiction for young adults.

Before writing The Pirate Queen - A Timewalker Journey, Ms. Bauer founded Mindful Technologies, a software company headquartered in Boston, MA. To prepare for her role as CEO of a technology start-up company, Ms. Bauer researched other successful female leaders throughout world history.  She quickly amassed an extensive collection of books, articles, and web sites about powerful women scientists, architects, business owners, warriors and, of course, pirates. Although many of these women were household names in their time, their deeds and strategies were unknown to most people in the present.  She named these ladies Hidden Heroines.

Ms. Bauer’s unusual collection led to a series of public speaking appearances, including teaching a class entitled Hidden Heroines: The Secrets of Success from Lesser-Known Women Leaders throughout History.  Meanwhile, one Hidden Heroine captured her particular interest: Grace O’Malley — in Gaelic called Granuaile — the Irish Pirate Queen.  Soon Ms. Bauer found herself writing about this fascinating leader, and the result was the historical fantasy of The Pirate Queen - A Timewalker Journey.

A graduate of Nardin Academy High School (Buffalo, NY) and Syracuse University's Newhouse School (Syracuse, NY), Ms. Bauer now lives with her husband and son in historic Boston, MA.