Chris Rogers, Author

About the Author

From advertising business owner to marketing consultant to writing instructor, Chris downsized her life to pursue her love of writing. Her work has won local and national awards. In 1996, she sold a three-book contract and a movie option to her Dixie Flannigan series about a female bounty hunter who resides on a pecan farm in Richmond, Texas. The first book in the series, Bitch Factor, published by Bantam Books, was released in hardcover in 1998, then in paperback in 1999. Rage Factor and Chill Factor followed in subsequent years. Bitch Factor has since been published in Japan, Germany and Brazil.

Fortunate to have four exceptional children, nine
glorious grandchildren and two fabulous great
grandchildren, Chris is pictured here with her
youngest granddaughter Sidney.

Like Dixie, Chris resides in a small Texas town, Hilltop Lakes, Texas, where she continues to pursue her love of writing. When Bantam passed on publishing her latest novel in the Dixie Flannigan series, Slice of Life, fans and booksellers emailed asking when the book would be available. By popular demand, Slice of Life is now published on this web site.

Her award-winning stage play The Tip was produced at Stages Repertory Theatre by Scriptwriters Houston. Her award-winning screenplay Mirror' s Edge is being considered by a Hollywood production company. Her award-winning short story Spare Change was published by Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.

Chris’s nonfiction articles have been published nationally, including the piece “A Variety of Voices,” which was published in Writer’s Digest magazine then later reprinted in the magazine’s annual fiction writing journal.

A former instructor in the University of Houston Extension Program, Rice University School of Continuing Studies, and a private Master Class, she is frequently featured as a guest lecturer at writing workshops, colleges and association meetings.

Fiction, Nonfiction Writing Credits

Nonfiction article, “A Variety of Voices,” 2003, Writer’s Digest

Suspense novel, Slice of Life, 2003, chrisrogers.com

Suspense novel, Chill Factor, 2000, Bantam Books

Suspense novel, Rage Factor, 1999, Bantam Books

Suspense novel, Bitch Factor, 1998, Bantam Books

Short story, "Invite the Devil In" Deep South Writers Conference Chapbook, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1996

Short story, "My Finger's in the Light Socket and My Head's in the Oven" Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, 1996

Short play, "The Tip" produced at Stages Repertory Theatre, 1995

Short Story, "Spare Change" Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, 1995

Audio Tape Program, 99 Secrets of Successful Small Business Advertising, 1987

Various nonfiction articles in national/regional publications 1987-1989

Various video programs, brochures, and other promotional materials 1980- 2000

Awards

Winner - Empire Screenplay Competition, 1997, screenplay MIRROR'S EDGE

Semifinalist - Nicholl Fellowship, 1996, screenplay MIRROR'S EDGE

Semifinalist - Writers Network Fiction Writing Competition, 1996, screenplays MIRROR'S EDGE and INVITE THE DEVIL IN

Winner - Scripwriters Houston 1995 Ten By Ten competition, stage play The Tip

Winner - (third) Mystery Writers of America Anniversary Short Story Competition, 1995, short story SPARE CHANGE

Placed (First Honorable Mention) - Deep South Writers Short Story Competition, 1995, short story INVITE THE DEVIL IN

Winner - 1992 Golden Triangle Best Unpublished Mystery Novel, WICKED STEP DAUGHTER

Additional

Certified Practitioner of Neurolinguistic Programming

Writing Instructor, Rice University School of Continuing Studies

Writing Instructor, University of Houston Extension Program

Writing Instructor, Unboggle Your Mind private writing Master Class

Speaker at national conferences, associations, schools, and libraries

1986 Delegate to the White House Conference on Small Business

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