Welcome to Chris Roerden's Author Page

Chris Roerden, a native New Yorker, has edited a thousand+ manuscripts during a 43-year career as an editor. Her clients have been published by Midnight Ink, Berkley Prime Crime, Viking, Walker, Rodale, Intrigue, St. Martin’s, and others, and she has helped writers win 22 awards, including an Agatha for best first novel.

Chris taught writing for the U of Maine and Empire State College of SUNY, and evening classes in writing for publication at the U of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. After moving to North Carolina in 1999, Chris served 6 years on the Mystery Writers of America SE regional board. A long-time member of Sisters in Crime, Publishers Marketing Association, and Mensa, she is also past president of a Midwest publishers trade association founded by John Kremer, and past president of the Wisconsin National Organization for Women. She holds an MA in English and a BA summa cum laude.

DONT MURDER YOUR MYSTERY is her 10th book but the first for writers. It won the Agatha Award for Best Nonfiction Book of 2006, was nominated for a Macavity and an Anthony, became a finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award, and is a selection of the Writers Digest Book Club. She expanded the book for writers in all genres under the title DON'T SABOTAGE YOUR SUBMISSION. This 11th book is one of five finalists for ForeWord Magazine's 2009 Writing Book of the Year and one of three finalists for a Benjamin Franklin Award. See www.bellarosabooks.com/titles.htm and www.sinc-ic.org/spot0406.shtml. Chris has addressed more than 300 audiences and enjoys offering workshops for writers groups and conferences. Her Amazon blog welcomes "Ask the Editor" questions (www.snurl.com/9esdq, then scroll) and her workshop itinerary is www.snurl.com/editorspeaks.