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. She is also the author of the bestselling Detective Jackson mysteries and standalone thrillers.

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.

Sellers previously worked as 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. She occasionally edits fiction manuscripts for her writer friends.

L.J. Sellers currently writes the bestselling Detective Jackson mystery/suspense series, based in Eugene. The stories, featuring homicide detective Wade Jackson, have been called “provocative page-turners” by Mystery Scene magazine, which featured the author in its Fall, 2010 issue. Her novels have been highly praised by Spinetingler and Crimespree magazines as well.

Novels

• Secrets to Die For
• Thrilled to Death
• Passions of the Dead
• Dying for Justice
• Liars, Cheaters & Thieves
• The Sex Club
• The Gauntlet Assassin
• The Baby Thief
• The Suicide Effect

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

External links

• L. J. Sellers home page
• Write First, Clean Later
• Crime Fiction Collective

Sources

• Pharmaceutical Executive
• Encyclopedia.com
• The Register Guard