CHRISTIE STRATOS
Christie Stratos is an award-winning writer who holds a degree in English Literature. She is the author of the psychological suspense novels Anatomy of a Darkened Heart and Brotherhood of Secrets, the first two books in the Dark Victoriana Collection. Also a poet and short story writer, Christie has been published in anthologies, literary journals, and magazines. Christie has been featured on the radio, in magazines, and on podcasts, and she has given presentations for writing organizations and at writing conferences.
She owns her own editing company, Proof Positive, where she works one-on-one with authors as well as with small presses as a freelance editor, and she has enjoyed working with a rising press as an acquisitions editor.
Christie currently co-hosts the once-a-week (Tuesdays at 8 p.m. ET) interactive videocast Lurking for Legends with award-winning epic fantasy author Richard H. Stephens. She was the original host of the well-received podcast Writers Showcase, rated #1 videocast of 2019-2020 on the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. She now broadcasts the last Friday of every other month. She has interviewed New York Times bestsellers, publishers, and major award-winning authors, including America’s favorite inspirational storyteller Karen Kingsbury, #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub, Hugo Award winner Robert J. Sawyer, BBC correspondent Humphrey Hawksley, and Mary Higgins Clark Award winner Hank Phillippi Ryan.
Affiliations, achievements, and appearances
- Host of Writer’s Showcase, an author interview podcast that is part of Authors on the Air Global Radio Network
- Interviews include Karen Kingsbury, Peter Straub, Hank Phillippi Ryan, Peter James, and Robert J. Sawyer among a long list of prolific and bestselling authors
- Workshop presenter for Girls Nite In Online: “Get Creative and Start Writing”
- 2016 official NaNoWriMo YouTube Guide on NaNoWriMo’s YouTube channel
- Featured author in Uncaged Book Reviews magazine, issue 40
- Interviewed for Urban Lit Magazine
- Featured on Richard H. Stephens’ live read/edit
- Featured writing in the description of The Vault of Ambience’s “Old English Manor” video
- Featured on WTBU Radio
- Featured on All My Books, a show on CJRU radio
- Featured on the International Writers Association Podcast – download Episode 138 for FREE here!
- Featured on iCreate Daily’s podcast
- Featured on The Complete Creative
- Featured on Sci-Fi Saturday Night Episode 454
- Featured on Vox Vomitus
- Featured on Kristine Raymond’s Word Play Podcast
- Featured on Kristine Raymond’s Word Play blog with the post “Taking the Hardest (And Best) Path in Your Story”
- Featured on Review Tales with the post “Bringing Overlooked Historical Figures to Life”
- Featured on The Raven Podcast
- Interviewed on AuthorAssist by Karina Kantas on Artist First Network
- Featured on The Fierce Female Network
- Interviewed by Richard Paolinelli on A Scribe’s Journey
- Featured on NYT & USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes’s blog: Christie Stratos’s Top 5 Must Read Books
- Featured on Southside Broadcasting’s “Midweek Drive”
- Panel guest on Authors Write Aloud: “Engaging successfully in marketing and social media networking”
- Featured on The Indie View
- Featured on Marina Raydun’s blog: Author Interview-Christie Stratos
- Blog posts published on The Book Tavern
- Interviewed by author Maria Rochelle
- Featured on Jera’s Jamboree twice.
- Featured by author Konn Lavery
- Featured on Writing Belle: “How I Learned as a NaNoWriMo YouTube Guide”
- Featured on Writer Imperfect
- Participant in Spilling Ink
- Participant on GoIndieNow, a platform that promotes and supports indie artists of all varieties
- 3 Act Structure Season 1 Episode 8 First Round of Edits
- In Progress Season 1 Episode 7
- Genres Season 1 Episode 7 Historical Fiction
- My Interview with Filmmaker Sherren Lee
- The History of Horror
- 2018 GoIndieNow Coffee Break interview with me
- The Art of Writing
- The Art of Vlogging
- Indie Insight Episode 1 panel
- 2016 GoIndieNow Coffee Break interview with me
- Host of GoIndieNow’s Women in Publishing/Exhibiting Strong Leadership panel
- Former host of The Writer’s Edge, a previous monthly panel discussion livestream on writing and publishing
- Active member of Sisters in Crime, an international mystery writers’ organization
- Active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association
- Winner of Lebanon Valley College’s Social Sciences Writing Award, 2009
- Winner of the Poetry Society of Virginia’s Steven Lee Barza Collegiate Award, 2007
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