Rosemary Herbert is a writer whose work spans genres. Her poetry chapbook Sisters in Time, available from Finishing Line Press in late February 2026, is inspired by her experience on a fourth-century, Roman-era archeological dig in Winchester, England. Her poem “Grave Finds” was named Notable in the 2024 Coniston Prize competition, and she has contributed poems to Radar Poetry, The Last Milkweed (Tupelo Press), Remembering William Butler Yeats (Moonstone Arts Center), Closed Eye Open and more. Her interviews appear in The Paris Review and Harvard Review. Her eight books in the crime and mystery genre include The Oxford Companion to Crime & Mystery Writing, A New Omnibus of Crime, and Front Page Teaser: A Liz Higgins Mystery. A longtime New Englander, she now lives in Akron, Ohio. rosemaryherbert.com
