L.J. Sellers
L.J. Sellers is an award-winning journalist, capturing the Grand Neal in 2002 for her articles titled “Discovery! Neurology” and winning a second Neal in 2003 for her role on Pharmaceutical Executive, named “best overall magazine.” The Neals are the highest awards granted to trade magazines.
Biography
Sellers was born in Santa Rosa, California, grew up in Southern Oregon, then attended the University of Oregon. She graduated in 1983 with a BA in journalism and continues to live in Eugene, where she writes for The Register-Guard. Sellers is married with three grown sons, two of whom live in Eugene, and one is a military police officer.
Sellers is also a freelance writer and editor, and her articles have appeared in Self, Oregon Quarterly, Senior News, and other papers in Oregon. She has edited scholarly books such as Intervening in Children's Lives: An Ecological, Family-Centered Approach to Mental Health Care and Behavioral Response to Intervention: Creating a Continuum of Problem-Solving and Support.
L.J. Sellers also pens the Detective Jackson mystery/suspense series, based in Eugene. The stories, featuring [...] detective Wade Jackson, have been called “provocative page-turners” by Mystery Scene magazine, and her novel, The [...] Club was nominated for the Spotted Owl award. In addition, she teaches a workshop called “Your First Draft Doesn’t Have to Suck, runs a freelance editing business, and is an occasional stand-up comic.
Novels
- The [...] Club, 2007
- Secrets to Die For, 2009
- Thrilled to Death (scheduled for 2010)
- The Baby Thief (scheduled for 2011)
Journalism Career
- Arizona Senior World, 1983–1986
- Pharmaceutical Executive, 1997–2005
- Pacific Northwest Publishing, 2005–2008
- The Register-Guard, 2009–present
- Freelance writer and editor, 1983–present
- Mystery/suspense novelist, 1989–present