Anna Gomez (also writing as Christine Brae)

Anna Gomez
Anna Gomez and Kristoffer Polaha - Moments Like This

Award-winning author Anna Gomez was born in the city of Makati, Philippines and educated abroad before moving to Chicago. She is Global Chief Financial Officer for Mischief at No Fixed Address, a consolidated group of advertising agencies. Gomez was recently selected for the 2020 HERoes Women Role Model Executives list, which celebrates 100 women who are leading by example and driving change to increase gender diversity in the workplace. Gomez has championed various ERGs for Black and API colleagues as well as resources essential to address challenges of ageism. She has sat on several boards and served as treasurer for Breathe for Justice and The Jensen Project, both focused on socio-economic issues, particularly violence against women and human trafficking. She was a keynote speaker in the 2020 Illinois CPA Society Young Professionals Leadership Conference, as well as the Northwest Indiana Influential Women’s Association's Breaking the Glass Ceiling Event in August 2021.

After experiencing a great loss in her life, Anna decided that it was time to channel her feelings on paper and see where it would take her. She never imagined that her words would touch the hearts of so many women with the same stories to tell.

Anna has the following associations:

  • Member, Illinois CPA Society
  • Member, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
  • Member, Board of Directors — Hugh O Brien Youth Leadership and Girl Scouts of America, Greater Chicago and Northwest Indiana 
  • Owner and Shareholder, PL Enterprises Inc.
  • Owner and Shareholder, AGS Realty Inc.
Anna Gomez Photo by Chelsea Lauren
Photo by Chelsea Lauren

Anna Gomez and Kristoffer Polaha - Moments Like This
Moments Like This by Anna Gomez with Kristoffer Polaha

BOOKS

  • Somewhere Along the Way — Anna Gomez
  • My Goodbye Girl — Anna Gomez
  • Moments Like This, From Kona with Love, Book 1 — Anna Gomez with Kristoffer Polaha
  • Where the Sun Rises, From Kona with Love, Book 1 — Anna Gomez with Kristoffer Polaha
  • The Year I Left — Christine Brae
  • Eight Goodbyes — Christine Brae
  • In This Life — Christine Brae
  • Insipid — Christine Brae
  • His Wounded Light — Christine Brae
  • The Light in the Wound — Christine Brae
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Where the Sun Rises by Anna Gomez with Kristoffer Polaha
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Photo by Chelsea Lauren


In development for film by Emmanuelle Chriqui and Adrian Bellani - IN THIS LIFE.

The deal was announced exclusively by Variety.com, who had this to say about Christine Brae’s recently published romance-drama:

The book, written by Chicago-based author Christine Brae and the actors, who reside in Los Angeles, were connected via social media after Chriqui and Bellani discovered an early version of the book.Chriqui’s credits include “Entourage,” “Supertroopers 2” and “Shut Eye.” Bellani’s credits include “Moneyball,” “Person of Interest” and “Passions.”

BookExpo, New York Rights Fair, Times Square 2019

BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge 2019: Meet These Great Vesuvian Books Authors


BookExpo's Librarians' Lounge announcement in Publishers Weekly.
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Billboards

Times Square — May 31, 2019

Leo Burnett colleagues strolling through Times Square excited to find the billboard with The Year I Left.

Philippine Books and Tour


Philippine rights for Eight Goodbyes (2018) and The Year I Left (2019) were sold to Anvil Publishing, Inc. The publishing arm of National Book Store, Anvil Publishing is an eleven-time Publisher of the Year awardee.