CRISTINA ARCHER

Cristina Archer was born in Rome and migrated with her family to Australia as a young child. She spent a number of years living in Sydney before moving to the South Coast of New South Wales (via the Southern Highlands) as a teenager. She studied economics and public policy at the Australian National University before taking on policy advising professionally in Canberra.

After celebrating twenty one years in the bubble wrap and brown cardigan city, she traded in her Federal political masters for the Victorian counterparts - as the call of a more cosmopolitan city, Melbourne, led her to a change of scenery. She’s been living in Melbourne since late 2004 and believes it is one of the most inspiring cities in the world. She has long been fascinated by philosophical musings.

There is an ageless philosophical question. What defines our actions and the core essence of who we are as a person? Can we pinpoint snapshot moments in time that drive our behaviour? Transition Girl takes us into the world of Lucia, who, through her journalling, is seeking to discover if she has any inner core, and by extension, if any person does. Lucia’s journey offers a rare insight to observe a person, who leads a life of apparent hedonism pick herself apart as she tries to solve her life’s master puzzle.