About
Carol Fisher Saller is the author of Maddie's Ghost, Eddie’s War and The Bridge Dancers. Honors for her children’s books 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.
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.
Featured Work
Maddie's Ghost
Lainie’s great-grandmother was hanged for murder decades ago. Is she really begging for help from beyond the grave?
MADDIE’S GHOST is middle-grade fiction, 50,000 words, contemporary psychological suspense woven around a young girl’s race to solve a 1930s mystery that condemned her great-grandmother to death.
Winner, 2024 Midland Authors Award for Children's Fiction
“This tantalizing tale will engage readers from the first page to the last.” — Publishers Weekly Booklife (Editor’s Pick)
Other Works
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The Subversive Copy Editor: Advice from Chicago (or, How to Negotiate Good Relationships with Your Writers, Your Colleagues, and Yourself)
2016 (2d ed.)
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Eddie's War
2011
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George Washington Carver
2001
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Working Children
1998
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Florence Kelley
1997
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Pug, Slug, and Doug the Thug
1994
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The Bridge Dancers
1991
Awards and Recognition
- For Maddie's Ghost: ★ 2024 Midland Authors Award for Children's Fiction
- For Eddie's War: ★ Maryland State Black-Eyed Susan Award, 2014–2015 nominee (Grades 6–9) ★ Bankstreet Best Children’s Books of the Year, 2012 (Ages 12–14, Outstanding Merit) ★ 2012 Best of the Best Fiction for Teens, Chicago Public Library ★ Kirkus Reviews, Best Children’s Books of 2011 (Starred review) ♥ Horn Book, Recommended Verse Narratives
- Pug, Slug, and Doug the Thug: Main feature on PBS Storytime television show, 1994
- For The Bridge Dancers: Carl Sandburg Award for Children’s Literature, 1991
Press and Media Mentions
- Recurring appearances on WTTW (PBS), "Chicago Tonight"
- "Style Guide Superjam" (American Society for Editing annual conference 2018). "At Friday evening’s Superjam at ACES2018, editorial titans Paula Froke, Carol Saller, Susan Wessling and Angela Gibson dove into the ins and outs of their respective style guides, captivating an overflowing room. . . ."
