Christine Saari is a Writer and Visual artist. She grew up in Austria and has lived in the Upper Peninsula since 1971. She has published a Memoir: Love and War at Stag Farm. The story of Hirschengut, an Austrian Mountain Farm. 1938- 1948(2011)    and a book of poems:  Blossoms in the Dark of Winter (2018) . She is a member of The Marquette Poets Circle and the Marquette Artists Collective.