Biography
Rose Marie Kinder is a writer,
editor, and teacher. She earned her degrees at the University of Arizona at
Tucson. After receiving her Ph.D. in 1990, she returned to the Midwest to
teach at the University of Central Missouri (UCM), where she became editor of
the then annual, in-house, student publication Pleiades (now
Pleiades: a Journal of New Writing), and began its transition to a
semiannual, national journal. Kinder developed and coordinated the creative
writing program at UCM. She is currently editor emeritus of Pleiades,
reads fiction for that journal, and until recently was advisory editor with New Letters
and with BkMk Press (University of Missouri, Kansas City). She continues to lead workshops, discussions, and programs
in various venues.
Kinder's short fiction has appeared primarily in numerous literary
journals,such as Notre Dame Review, Southern Humanities Review, Big Muddy,
Confrontation and Passages North and in a few genre magazines such as
Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and Raven Chronicles. Two
collections of her stories have been published, A Near Perfect Gift (U
of Michigan Press 2005) and Sweet Angel Band (Helicon Nine Editions
1991). Her first novel, An Absolute Gentleman (Counterpoint 2007), is a
literary suspense—a psychological study of a serial killer. Forthcoming is a non-fiction work co-authored
with Kristine Lowe-Martin,
Old-Time Fiddling: Hal Sappington, Missouri Fiddler (Johnson County Historical Society Press). The book includes a DVD of 56 fiddle tunes performed by Hal Sappington and his backup, Herb Best.
Kinder's consistent hobbies are music, including the collection of and history of
instruments, natural science, study of witchcraft and herbalists, languages,
numismatics (Greek and Roman coins), acrostics, sudoku, drama and dance. She
currently resides in Warrensburg,
Missouri.