Christine Spittel-Wilson was a Sri Lanken writer and artist. Coming from a family of doctors, artists and writers, she was active as a writer and an artist until comparatively recently. She published her autobiography, Christine, in 2007, and gave an exhibition of her paintings and ceramic art in 2009. She was the author of three novels (The Bitter Berry, The Mountain Road and I Am The Wings), a biography of her father, Dr. R. L. Spittel, (Surgeon of the Wilderness), a cookery book (Secrets of Eastern Cooking), and a number of travel and assorted articles. She was a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.