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Short Bio
Chris Goff is an award-winning author of six novels based on environmental themes and two international thrillers. Her most recent book, RED SKY was a 2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist. Set in Ukraine and Asia, Agent Raisa Jordan must test the boundaries of diplomacy as she races to prevent the start of a new Cold War. Catherine Coulter had this to say: "Breathtaking suspense, do not miss Red Sky." Goff's series debut, DARK WATERS, was dubbed “a sure bet for fans of international thrillers" by Booklist. DARK WATERS was a Finalist for the 2016 Colorado Book Award, 2016 Colorado Authors' League, Genre Award, and the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook.
Official Bio
Chris Goff is an award-winning author of six novels based on environmental themes and two international thrillers. Her most recent book, RED SKY was a 2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist. Set in Ukraine and Asia, Agent Raisa Jordan must test the boundaries of diplomacy as she races to prevent the start of a new Cold War. Catherine Coulter had this to say: "Breathtaking suspense, do not miss Red Sky." Goff's series debut, DARK WATERS, was dubbed “a sure bet for fans of international thrillers" by Booklist. DARK WATERS was a Finalist for the 2016 Colorado Book Award, 2016 Colorado Authors' League, Genre Award, and the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook.
Named the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' 2002 Writer of the year, Goff's bestselling Birdwatcher's Mystery series was nominated for two WILLA Literary Awards, a Colorado Author's League Award, and was published in the UK and Japan. Her latest, A Parliament of Owls, came out in May 2016.
Goff began her career writing non-fiction, penning columns for several local newspapers in Summit County, Colorado, as well as articles for regional and national publication. Later she edited rock and ice-climbing guides for Chockstone Press, and worked in graphic production for “Living the Good News,” a division of The Morehouse Publishing Group. She has taught writing workshops at the Colorado Free University and the University of Colorado, among others. A long-standing member of multiple writing organizations, Goff has served on several local, regional and national boards, including Mystery Writers of America. She began serving a four year term on the Executive Council of International Crime Writers Association in October 2017, and currently serves as the Education Liaison to Sisters in Crime.
Hard at work on a new book, Goff resides in Colorado.
Books (in chronological order):
A Rant of Ravens
Death of a Songbird
A Nest in the Ashes
Death Takes a Gander
A Sacrifice of Buntings (née Death Shoots a Birdie)
DARK WATERS (Crooked Lane Books, September 2015)
A Parliament of Owls
RED SKY (Crooked Lane Books, June 2017)
Memberships:
International Associate of Crime Writers (current Executive Council member)
International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America (past chapter president and national board member)
Sisters in Crime (past national board member)
Colorado Authors’ League (past board member)
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (past president)
Awards/Honors:
DARK WATERS, 2019 Military Writers Society of America, Gold Medalist for Mystery/Thriller
RED SKY, 2019 Military Writers Society of America, Silver Medalist for Mystery/Thriller
RED SKY Finalist, 2018 Colorado Book Award, Thriller
DARK WATERS Finalist, 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook
DARK WATERS Finalist, 2016 Colorado Book Award, Thriller
DARK WATERS, Finalist, 2016 CAL Award, Genre Fiction
Death Shoots a Birdie (aka A Sacrifice of Buntings), Finalist, 2008 CAL Award, Genre Fiction
Death of a Songbird, Finalist, 2002 WILLA Award BPO
A Rant of Ravens, Finalist, 2001 WILLA Award BPO
2016 RMFW Writer of the Year Nominee
2002 RMFW Writer of the Year
Chris Goff is an award-winning author of six novels based on environmental themes and two international thrillers. Her most recent book, RED SKY was a 2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist. Set in Ukraine and Asia, Agent Raisa Jordan must test the boundaries of diplomacy as she races to prevent the start of a new Cold War. Catherine Coulter had this to say: "Breathtaking suspense, do not miss Red Sky." Goff's series debut, DARK WATERS, was dubbed “a sure bet for fans of international thrillers" by Booklist. DARK WATERS was a Finalist for the 2016 Colorado Book Award, 2016 Colorado Authors' League, Genre Award, and the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook.
Official Bio
Chris Goff is an award-winning author of six novels based on environmental themes and two international thrillers. Her most recent book, RED SKY was a 2018 Colorado Book Award Finalist. Set in Ukraine and Asia, Agent Raisa Jordan must test the boundaries of diplomacy as she races to prevent the start of a new Cold War. Catherine Coulter had this to say: "Breathtaking suspense, do not miss Red Sky." Goff's series debut, DARK WATERS, was dubbed “a sure bet for fans of international thrillers" by Booklist. DARK WATERS was a Finalist for the 2016 Colorado Book Award, 2016 Colorado Authors' League, Genre Award, and the 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook.
Named the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' 2002 Writer of the year, Goff's bestselling Birdwatcher's Mystery series was nominated for two WILLA Literary Awards, a Colorado Author's League Award, and was published in the UK and Japan. Her latest, A Parliament of Owls, came out in May 2016.
Goff began her career writing non-fiction, penning columns for several local newspapers in Summit County, Colorado, as well as articles for regional and national publication. Later she edited rock and ice-climbing guides for Chockstone Press, and worked in graphic production for “Living the Good News,” a division of The Morehouse Publishing Group. She has taught writing workshops at the Colorado Free University and the University of Colorado, among others. A long-standing member of multiple writing organizations, Goff has served on several local, regional and national boards, including Mystery Writers of America. She began serving a four year term on the Executive Council of International Crime Writers Association in October 2017, and currently serves as the Education Liaison to Sisters in Crime.
Hard at work on a new book, Goff resides in Colorado.
Books (in chronological order):
A Rant of Ravens
Death of a Songbird
A Nest in the Ashes
Death Takes a Gander
A Sacrifice of Buntings (née Death Shoots a Birdie)
DARK WATERS (Crooked Lane Books, September 2015)
A Parliament of Owls
RED SKY (Crooked Lane Books, June 2017)
Memberships:
International Associate of Crime Writers (current Executive Council member)
International Thriller Writers
Mystery Writers of America (past chapter president and national board member)
Sisters in Crime (past national board member)
Colorado Authors’ League (past board member)
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers (past president)
Awards/Honors:
DARK WATERS, 2019 Military Writers Society of America, Gold Medalist for Mystery/Thriller
RED SKY, 2019 Military Writers Society of America, Silver Medalist for Mystery/Thriller
RED SKY Finalist, 2018 Colorado Book Award, Thriller
DARK WATERS Finalist, 2016 Anthony Award for Best Crime Fiction Audiobook
DARK WATERS Finalist, 2016 Colorado Book Award, Thriller
DARK WATERS, Finalist, 2016 CAL Award, Genre Fiction
Death Shoots a Birdie (aka A Sacrifice of Buntings), Finalist, 2008 CAL Award, Genre Fiction
Death of a Songbird, Finalist, 2002 WILLA Award BPO
A Rant of Ravens, Finalist, 2001 WILLA Award BPO
2016 RMFW Writer of the Year Nominee
2002 RMFW Writer of the Year