Kristen Roedel is an American literature Ph.D. student and English/creative writing professor, who maintains her sanity by doing more reading and writing in her off-time.

Kristen is querying agents with her first novel, DEATH RATTLE. She is working on two sequels, Teritary and Danse Macabre, as well as an untitled work she’s currently calling the “Lilac Project.” You can read about all these projects and listen to their playlists here. For Tweets about each project, visit the Upcoming Projects page.

She has been published in The Writing Disorder, Litbreak Magazine, Elite Daily, and Mind Murals. Her past passion projects include Dissecting Dexter and Literary Litchfield.