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Cristina Trujillo

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September, 2011
Engish Literature & Hispanic Studies BA
TV, Movies, Music
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About Cristina Trujillo

Cristina Trujillo is a London writer in TV, Movies and Music. They started life as a nerd and will end life as a nerd. They studied English Literature & Hispanic Studies at Queen Mary University of London, and went on to be Online Editor at Guestlist and journalist at The National Student, Earbuddy, Pulse Radio and The Argentina Independent.

Author Details

Cristina Trujillo lives in South London with their Northern Inuit and is an avid fan of any sport that makes you feel a bit like you're flying, apart from the one where you wear a squirrel suit and actually kind of fly. That looks horrible.

Favorite Media

Cristina Trujillo is a Tolkienite through and through with a solid collection of random editions of Lord of The Rings, Histories of Middle Earth and many more of the Tolkien family's collected works building forever on their dressing table. Fantasy, horror and sci-fi are their main focuses as a general nerd and writer.

 

Industry Focus

Fantasy from Game of Thrones and Wheel of Time to the Kingkiller Chronicles and Tolkien, down to Harry Potter and Shadow and Bone is Cristina Trujillo's specialty. Add to that contemporary horror and drama from the likes of Robert Eggers, Jordan Peele and Luca Guadagnino, plus sci-fi like Dune, Star Wars and Alien.

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