Kelly Boyer Sagert - Copy Services Manager

Kelly Boyer Sagert, a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and the Society of Professional Journalists, has sold over 1,000 pieces of her writing to magazines, newspapers, online sites, encyclopedias and literary journals; she started writing online material in 1995.

She has written nine books, as well, and is under contract for two more. She has also contributed material to more than one dozen other books.

Kelly's books include:

• Icons of Women’s Sport (co-authoring this two-book series, to be published by ABC-Clio, 2011)
• FabJob Guide to Become a Freelance Writer (e-book, FabJob, 2010)
• Flappers (Greenwood Publishing, 2010)
• FabJob Guide to Become a Fitness Club Owner (e-book, FabJob, 2009)
• Encyclopedia of Extreme Sports (Greenwood Publishing, 2009)
• American Popular Culture Through History: The 1970s (Greenwood Publishing, 2007)
• FabJob Guide to Become A Funeral Director (e-book, FabJob, 2005)
• All-Time Greatest Hitters: Joe Jackson (Greenwood Publishing, 2004), a look at one of the most talented -- and controversial -- athletes of our century
• Birth of Illumination (2001), a work-for-hire book about the rise of the public library system in Toni Morrison's hometown
• 'Bout Boomerangs: America's Silent Sport (PlantSpeak Publications, 1996), which the Australian boomerang coach called "nearly perfect"

Kelly's first commissioned play, Freedom's Light: A Stop Along the Underground Railroad, was performed in the Cleveland area in May 2009; her second play, Sisters Forever: The Burrell Family Letters, will be performed in May 2012. She has also been commissioned to write a third full-length historical play.

Since February 2000, Kelly has been teaching writing online through the Writers Online Workshops program by Writer's Digest; through this venue, she has taught writing techniques to adults throughout the United States and in several countries around the world.

Kelly also served as managing editor of Northern Ohio's Over the Back Fence for nearly four years (1997-2001). This magazine, which profiled the art, history, intriguing people and fascinating places along Lake Erie's shores, was nominated by Writer's Digest for their "Top 100 Award" in 1998 and 1999. She served as the contributing editor for the Southern Ohio edition of Over the Back Fence as well, and she also edited five trade magazines and numerous business directories, community guides and travel planners for the company.

She writes biographical and educational material for encyclopedias and other anthologies, including publications put out by Macmillan and Gale Group, Charles Scribner's Sons, ME Sharpe, Harvard University Press, Oxford University Press, University of Indiana Press and Facts on File.

A popular and in demand speaker.

Kelly speaks regularly on communications issues at writer's conferences and workshops, including those held at The Ohio State University, Youngstown State, Kent State University, Bowling Green State University and Lorain County Community College. She has spoken at Progressive Field (the Cleveland Indians stadium) and the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, and she appeared on an ESPN2 program called 'The Top Five Reasons You Can't Blame the Black Sox.'