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50-word bio

Chris Roerden’s 11th book, DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION (2009 Benj Franklin Award; Florida Writers Assn Book of the Year), is expanded from DON'T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY (Agatha Award). She’s edited authors published by St. Martin’s, Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin, Intrigue, Midnight Ink, Oceanview, Rodale, Viking, Walker & Co. and more.

100-word bio

In 45 years in publishing, Chris Roerden has edited authors published by St. Martin’s, Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin, Rodale, Viking, Forge, Midnight Ink, and many others. She’s written a game and 11 books, including two national award-winners that help writers get published: Don’t Murder Your Mystery (Agatha Award) and Don’t Sabotage Your Submission (Benjamin Franklin Award). Chris is past president of a trade association of commercial and university presses, former board member of SE Mystery Writers of America, and long-time member of Sisters in Crime, Publishers Marketing Association, and Mensa. She taught writing at universities from Maine to Milwaukee and is sought after to present writers’ workshops coast to coast. www.writersinfo.info

150-word bio

Chris Roerden has edited thousands of manuscripts in her 45 years in publishing, including authors published by St. Martin’s Press, Berkley Prime Crime, Harlequin, Rodale, Viking, Walker & Co., Forge, Midnight Ink, Perseverance, and many more. She’s written a game and 11 books, 7 as ghost. Of her own books, Don’t Murder Your Mystery received the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction and was shortlisted for 1 international and 2 national awards; and Don’t Sabotage Your Submission won the 21st annual Benjamin Franklin Award™, ForeWord Review’s Bronze Medal for 2009 Writing Book of the Year, and the Florida Writers' Book of the Year Award. A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maine, Chris holds a Master's in English and taught writing at 3 universities. She's past president of a Midwest trade association of 250 commercial and university presses and has led 300+ workshops throughout the US and Canada. www.writersinfo.info

250-word bio

Chris Roerden is a book editor best known for her award-winning books for writers: DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION, Insider Information from a Career Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A, and its original version, DON'T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY, 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A.

In 45 years of working in publishing, Chris has edited fiction and nonfiction for authors published by St. Martin's Press, Harlequin, Berkley Prime Crime, Walker & Co., Forge, Midnight Ink, Intrigue, Perseverance Press, Oceanview, Rodale, Viking, and numerous other presses. She's written 11 books and a game, ghostwriting all but four. Her books for writers won two national awards: the Agatha for Best Nonfiction (2006) and the Benjamin Franklin for Literary Criticism (2009); two regional awards: Florida Writer's Best Educational Book and its Royal Palm Book of the Year; and were shortlisted for the national Anthony, Macavity, and ForeWord Review's Writing Book of the Year.

A summa cum laude graduate of the University of Maine, Chris taught writing there, also for SUNY, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and UNESCO in S. Korea. She's past president of a Midwest trade association of 250 commercial and university presses and now chairs the Mystery Writers of America/McCloy Scholarship Program for mystery writers. Most of all she enjoys sharing how publishing decisions are made and how to beat the odds with writing techniques that help develop each writer's unique voice. So far she's led 300+ workshops in 3 countries. Visit her website at www.writersinfo.info.

450-word bio

In Chris Roerden’s 45 years in publishing, she's edited authors published by St. Martin’s Press, Harlequin, Berkley Prime Crime, Viking, Rodale, Midnight Ink, Walker & Co., Perseverance Press, Intrigue, and many others. Her work has helped them win more than 20 awards.

An award-winning author in her own right, she’s written a game and 11 books, all but 4 of them as ghost. Her latest is DON’T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION: Insider Information from a Career Editor to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A., winner of the 2009 Benjamin Franklin Award™ (the 21st annual juried award from the largest organization of independent book publishers in the industry) and the 2009 Florida Writers' Assn. awards for Best Instructional/Educational Book and its best-of-show: Published Book of the Year 2009; and finalist for ForeWord Review's 2009 Writing Book of the Year.

It's the expanded edition for writers in all genres of the original DON’T MURDER YOUR MYSTERY: 24 Fiction-Writing Techniques to Save Your Manuscript from Turning Up D.O.A., winner of the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction of 2006; shortlisted for the Anthony Award for Best Critical Nonfiction (from the world’s largest mystery readers convention) and the Macavity (from Mystery Readers International, the world’s largest organization of its kind). It became a selection of Writer's Digest Book Club.

Roerden began her editing career in New York City at age 16 upon graduation as an art major from the competitive-entry Music & Art High School (now LaGuardia). The publication of her first book in 1965 motivated her to enroll at the University of Maine, where she was graduated with a BA in English summa cum laude. Based on her years of editing experience, she was invited to become an instructor of English at UM and taught there 3 years. She went on to earn the first Master’s in English awarded from UM's southern campus. She then mentored the writing of independent study students for Empire State College of SUNY, and for 9 years taught writing-for-publication for the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Chris has led more than 300 workshops in 135 cities, including 200+ for writers, including the 2006 National Speakers Association University, Publishers Marketing Association's University, and UNESCO’s Summer English Program for South Korean teachers of English. She was invited to address Sisters in Crime’s first national workshop--one of 4 authors (including Donald Maass). She is past president of a Midwest trade association of 250 independent publishers and university presses; past board member of Mystery Writers of America Southeast Region and recipient of its highest accolade, the Magnolia Award. She is 2009-2012 chair of MWA’s McCloy Scholarship Program and is also a member of Mensa. Her website is www.writersinfo.info