Who is Carol F. Saller?
CAROL FISHER SALLER is the author of MADDIE’S GHOST, EDDIE’S WAR, and THE BRIDGE DANCERS. Honors for her children’s books include Bank Street Best Book of the Year, Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year, Horn Book Recommended Verse, the Midland Authors Award for Children’s Fiction, the Carl Sandburg Award for Children’s Literature, and Chicago Public Library’s Best Teen Fiction.
As a professional manuscript editor, Carol is the author of the book and blog THE SUBVERSIVE COPY EDITOR and contributing editor to THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE. She lives in Chicago.
Carol will be a featured guest at our opening panel, “Why (and How)? Reasons We Self-Publish” and closing panel, “Brushing Yourself Off after Self-Publishing Pitfalls” at our first-ever self-publishing conference, “Me Publishing Me” Saturday April 26, 9:00am – 6:00pm EST.
Let’s hear about Carol from the lady herself…
For over thirty years I’ve been writing children’s books, including Maddie’s Ghost, Eddie’s War, and The Bridge Dancers. The Time-Jinx Twins trilogy is next on my list, starting in April.
Honors for my books (traditional and indie) include Kirkus Best, Bank Street Best, Horn Book Recommended Verse, NCSS/CBC Notables, the Carl Sandburg Award for Children’s Literature, the Midland Authors Award for Children’s Fiction, and Chicago Public Library’s Best Teen Fiction.
For many years, I worked as a manuscript editor at the University of Chicago Press. For adults, I wrote the book and blog The Subversive Copy Editor (aka Writer, Editor, Helper), and I’m still a contributing editor to The Chicago Manual of Style. Duckweed Books is my indie children’s book imprint.
I live – can you guess? – in Chicago!
To learn Nine More Things about Carol, visit her website
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