cristina-umpfenbach-smyth
German
Cristina Umpfenbach-Smyth was raised and educated in Germany. She lived in Southern France for a number of years before making her home in the Manhattan, NY. / She was a staff writer for a German travel magazine. / Her short stories and poems have appeared in several publications. She is currently a translator of romance novelettes. Her poetry will appear in the upcoming " BOUND BY THE SECRETS WE HIDE" by Desperanto Publishing Dec.2012.
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