Kristina Castillo

kristina.cooper@gmail.com

Born and raised in South Carolina, Kristina now writes from the jungle in Costa Rica. She spent over a decade working as a lawyer in a big firm in New York and for several federal district judges. Although she occasionally writes about the law, she spends most of her time writing screenplays and novels about women kicking ass later in life.

She was a 2025 Stowe Story Labs Fellow for her dystopian thriller feature JANE. JANE also earned her a spot in the 2024–2025 Athena Film Festival Writers Lab.

Honors & Awards

Winner, Law Firm of Stacy A Davis Fellowship, Stowe Story Labs - JANE - 2025

Athena Film Festival Writers Lab, JANE - 2025

JANE

Thriller - CHINATOWN x THE HANDMAID'S TALE

On the eve of shuttering her underground business that helps wives gather evidence of adultery, a sharp, Black feminist in her 60s takes on one final case—the wife of a powerful conservative senator—and finds herself entangled in a moral and political reckoning that could cost her everything.

ALWAYS YOU

Romance - THE BEST OF ME

After the death of her grandmother, a 40-year-old New York lawyer returns to her hometown to bury the past, but instead, she reconnects with her best friend, her one true love.