Carol Fisher Saller

CAROL FISHER SALLER lives in Chicago. Honors include Bankstreet Best Books, Kirkus Best, Horn Book Recommended Verse, the Midland Authors Award for Children's Fiction, the Carl Sandburg Award for Children’s Literature, and Chicago Public Library’s Best Teen Fiction.

Books from Carol:

THE TIME-JINX TWINS (ages 8-12). Long-separated identical twins Ellie and Kat are practically strangers when they accidentally launch themselves into a high-stakes adventure in 1970 Chicago. A truce is the only way to survive and find a way home. A "clever, captivating time-travel adventure" (Publishers Weekly Booklife). "Endearing and engaging" (Kirkus Reviews).

MADDIE'S GHOST (ages 8-12). Lainie's great-grandmother Madeleine was hanged for murder. Can Lainie prove she was framed before a local TV news show gets it all wrong? Winner, 2024 Midland Authors Award for Children's Fiction.

EDDIE'S WAR (ages 12+) An Illinois farm boy reckons his way through World War II. “A quick, excellent read” (Kirkus Reviews). “Beautifully written prose vignettes” (Bank Street Best Books).

THE BRIDGE DANCERS (picture book, illustrated by Gerald Talifero). “A complex picture book for readers young and old” (School Library Journal). “A good choice for reading aloud” (Booklist). Winner, Carl Sandburg Award for Children's Literature.

As a professional manuscript editor, Carol is the author of the book and blog THE SUBVERSIVE COPY EDITOR and contributing editor to THE CHICAGO MANUAL OF STYLE.