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Charlotte Crowder lives and writes on the coast of Maine. An accredited editor in the life sciences, she has recently retired from a career as a medical writer and editor. She is all about words. She loves them in any form. She writes literary short stories and flash, both fiction and nonfiction; picture books; and middle grade fiction. She is currently at work on an historical novel. Her publications include short stories and flash in literary journals and anthologies, and a trade picture book, A Fine Orange Bucket (North Country Press; Unity, Maine; 2019). She was awarded fourth prize in the nonfiction category of the 2024 Northwind Writing Award for her story, "Fidelity," just released in print from Raw Earth Ink.
As well as being a member of the Authors Guild, Charlotte is a longtime member of the Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance (MWPA), the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences (BELS), and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA). An advocate for plain language, she has twice served as a judge of the annual Clear Mark competition, sponsored by the Center for Plain Language to recognize the plain language communications created by North American organizations.