“There’s nothing more satisfying than opening the pages of a new book—especially one that you wrote yourself. ”
About Me
Kristine Spanier
I am an editor, writer, and research librarian with more than thirty years of experience in working with words and books. After launching my career as an advertising copywriter, crafting the iconic tagline for Caribou Coffee, Life is Short. Stay Awake for It., I transitioned to library research and editing. I am a teaching artist at the Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where I regularly offer a workshop titled Beyond Google: Research Strategies for Historically Accurate Writing. I also author children’s nonfiction books and am querying my first novel, an excerpt of which won the Hugh Holton Award for excellence in unpublished fiction from the Mystery Writers of America Midwest Chapter.
I belong to the Professional Editors Network, the Editorial Freelancers Association, Authors Guild, Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime. I have a certificate in Editing and Publishing from the UCLA Writers’ Program, a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Minnesota, and a master’s degree in Library and Information Science from Dominican University in River Forest, Illinois.
Even more noteworthy, however, is my knowledge of five legal ways to acquire arsenic for nefarious purposes.