Christine M. Rose

Christine M. Rose (born Christine M. Weisheit, November 12, 1969, Parma, Ohio) is a contemporary American author and freelance writer.

Her debut novel Rowan of the Wood won the 2009 National Indie Excellence Award^[1] for YA fiction and received excellent reviews, including Austin Monthly Magazine^[2], Front Street Reviews^[3] , Teens Read Too^[4] , and the MidWest Book Review^[5].

In 2009, she was named one of the top 100 Twitter authors by Mashable^[6] for her social networking skills. Her first nonfiction book "Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author" became an Amazon.com bestseller in its first week.

Rose's freelance work has appeared in "MovieMaker Magazine^[7] " and on "CommonDreams^[8]." She frequently contributes content to the Best Damn Creative Writing Blog^[9] on social networking, creative writing, the publishing industry, and marketing tips for the working author.

She produced a political documentary called "Liberty Bound" in 2004, which theatrically premiered in Paris, France at a theatre in Place Saint-Michel. As a filmmaker, she has several credits on IMDB.

In 2010, she began writing paranormal romance under the pen name O. M. Grey, whose steampunk novel Avalon Revisited was an Amazon.com Gothic Romance bestseller.^[10] O. M. Grey has published several short stories, including "Dead Mule Crossing," in a Pill Hill Press anthology^[11], and "Dust on the Davenport" for a podcast anthology^[12] with veteran podcasters and authors Tee Morris and Philippa Ballantine.

In March 2011, O. M. Grey was a literary guest of honor along with Cherie Priest at the Wild Wild West Steampunk Convention^[13] in Tucson, Arizona. Other Literary Guest of Honor appearances: Aetherfest^[14] in San Antonio (2011), The Difference Engine (2011) in Fort Worth, and at Clockwork Con in Austin, Texas (2012). Ms. Grey not only was an honored guest at the 2011 Steampunk World's Fair^[15] in Somerset, New Jersey, but she was also voted "Muse of the Fair" by the Steampunk community.

Rose keeps a blog at [1] and currently lives in Austin, Texas with her husband and co-author Ethan Rose. Together they have published three novels in the "Rowan of the Wood" fantasy series. The fourth book, "Power of the Zephyr" will be published in 2011.

She is represented by literary agent Louise Fury of the L. Perkins Agency and teaches English at Austin Community College.

Selected works

Nonfiction

• "Publishing & Marketing Realities for the Emerging Author" (Blue Moose Press) ISBN 978-0-9819949-4-9 (2011)

Short Fiction

• "Dust on the Davenport" (2011) Podcast. Tales from the Archives. Episode Two.
• "Dead Mule Crossing" (2011) in "How the West Was Weird" Anthology. (Pill Hill Press) ISBN 978-1-6170608-6-1
• "Of Aether and Aeon" (2011) in Steampunk Adventures Magazine, June/July 2011.
• "Twenty Minutes" (2011) in SNM Horror Magazine, July 2011.

References

1. ^ "Rowan of the Wood". 2009 National Indie Excellence Award - YA Fiction. http://www.indieexcellence.com/indie-results-2009-a.php. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
2. ^ Craddock, Codi (October 2008). "Read: The People Behind the Pages Christine and Ethan Rose". Austin Monthly Magazine: 70. 
3. ^ Jaskiewicz, A. E.. "Rowan of the Wood". Front Street Reviews. http://www.frontstreetreviews.com/Rowan.html. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
4. ^ Morrison, Marta. "Rowan of the Wood by Christine & Ethan Rose". Teens Read Too. http://www.teensreadtoo.com/RowanOfTheWood.html. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
5. ^ Kennedy, Victoria. "Rowan of the Wood". Victoria's Bookshelf. http://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/nov_08.htm#victoria. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
6. ^ Chapman, Cameron. "Literary Tweets: 100+ of the Best Authors on Twitter". Mashable. http://mashable.com/2009/05/08/twitter-authors/. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
7. ^ Rose, Christine (19 March 2006). "From Pittance to Paris: True Independent Spirit". MovieMaker Magazine 62 (13): 38–39. 
8. ^ Rose, Christine (28 August 2005). "Our Arrogance Will be the End of Us". CommonDreams.org. http://www.commondreams.org/cgi-bin/print.cgi?file=/views05/0828-27.htm. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
9. ^ Rose, Christine. "Best Damn Creative Writing Blog". http://bestdamncreativewritingblog.com/author/christinerose/. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
10. ^ Mollins, Julie (August 18, 2011). "Author creates second identity as O.M. Grey". Reuters. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/18/books-identity-idUSL3E7JG12020110818. "It's no secret that good storytelling involves characters who are in opposition to generate controversy -- but author Christine Rose has taken this a step further by developing an opposing second identity as O.M. Grey." 
11. ^ Grey, O. M.. "Dead Mule Crossing". Pill Hill Press Anthologies. http://www.pillhillpress.com/shoppe-anthologies.html/. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
12. ^ Grey, O. M.. "Dust on the Davenport". The Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences. http://www.ministryofpeculiaroccurrences.com/2011/03/22/tales-from-the-archives-two/. Retrieved 29 March 2011. 
13. ^ "Literary Guests of Honor". Wild Wild West Con. http://wildwildwestcon.com/. Retrieved 30 March 2011. 
14. ^ "Literary Guest". Aetherfest. http://aetherfest.tumblr.com/post/4394695320/guest-announcement-o-m-grey-this-just-in-over. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
15. ^ "Literary Guest". Steampunk Worlds Fair. http://www.oneiroievents.com/thesteampunkworldsfair/?tag=literary-guests&paged=2. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 

External links

• Official website
• Christine M. Rose at the Internet Movie Database
• O.M. Grey official website

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Name	Rose, Christine M.
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Date of birth	12 November 1969
Place of birth	Parma, Ohio
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