All BlueInk reviewers are carefully vetted not only for their expertise in various literary genres but for their writing prowess.

All reviewers must have significant experience writing and/or reviewing books for major mainstream publications (newspapers, magazines, established online publications, book review publications and so on); worked as editors for respected publishing companies; or have demonstrated expertise both in the subject matter of the book and in writing about such subject matter. Our roster is constantly changing with our needs, as new books arrive.

(Please note that some reviewers for BlueInk prefer to remain anonymous, and are not listed here.)

Gary Jansen is an editor at Crown and a 15-year veteran of the publishing industry. He is the author of The Rosary: A Journey to the Beloved (FaithWords Hachette); Exercising Your Soul: Fifteen Minutes a Day to a Spiritual Life (FaithWords Hachette), and Holy Ghosts: Or How a (Not-So) Good Catholic Boy Became a Believer in Things That Go Bump in the Night (Tarcher/Pneguin).

Patricia Raybon’s essays have appeared in The New York Times Sunday Magazine, Newsweek, USA Today, USA Weekend, Guideposts, Country Living, In Touch and other publications. They have also aired on National Public Radio. She is the author of My First White Friend (Viking/Penguin) and I Told the Mountain to Move (SaltRiver/Tyndale).

Victoria L. Amador has written book reviews for The Bloomsbury Review, Washington Post Book World, Minneapolis Star Tribune and St. Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, among other publications. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Steve Weinberg has reviewed books for The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Columbia Journalism Review, Salon.com, Mother Jones, Seattle Times, Chicago Tribune and other publications. He has authored numerous books, including Armand Hammer: The Untold Story (Little, Brown); and Taking on the Trust: How Ida Tarbell Brought Down John D. Rockefeller and Standard Oil (W.W. Norton). He has served as director of the Missouri School of Journalism’s Washington, D.C. reporting program and executive director of Investigative Reporters and Editors.

Ron Franscell is a published author of five books, including the bestseller The Darkest Night (St. Martin’s) and the upcoming Delivered From Evil (2011, Fair Winds Press) and Outlaw Texas (2010 Globe Pequot). He has reviewed books for many major publications, including the Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Sun-Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

James Polk has written book reviews for the New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Newsday Philadelphia Inquirer and numerous other publications. He has also served as a Publishers Weekly judge in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest.

Gil Asakawa has been a music writer and reviewer, entertainment editor, art critic and book reviewer. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Rolling Stone, CREEM and Pulse. He is co-author of The Toy Book (Knopf) and author of Being Japanese American (Stone Bridge Press). His writes about pop culture, media and politics from a Japanese American perspective at his blog, NikkeiView.com.

Lynn Bronikowski has worked for numerous newspapers, including The Jacksonville Journal and Rocky Mountain News, where she was a frequent contributor to the book section. She also writes for Colorado Biz magazine.

Rex Burns is an Edgar Award-winning author of 16 novels and two nonfiction books. His most recent short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, Scribner’s Mystery and Suspense Writers and The Writer Magazine. Burns’ book reviews have appeared in the Washington Post, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and Social Services Review.

Linda Castrone has worked for the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, Charlotte Observer, and other publications. Her articles have also appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle, L.A. Times, Chicago Tribune, Stars and Stripes, The Bloomsbury Review, National Geographic Traveler and Glamour. She is the co-author of the Insider’s Guide to Denver (Globe Pequot Press) and a Fellowship Recipient at Symposium for Professional Wine Writers. She blogs about wine at ayearinthevineyards.blogspot.com.

Martha Cornog reviews and writes a column about graphic novels for Library Journal. She has also served as a book critic for Counterpoise and the Journal of Sex Research and was book review co-editor for Journal of Sex education and Therapy and for Mechademia: An Annual Forum for Anime, Manga, and the Fan Arts. Cornog is the co-editor of several anthologies, including Mangatopia: Essays on Manga and Anime in the Modern World (Libraries Unlimited) and Graphic Novels Beyond the Basics: Insights and Issues for Libraries (Libraries Unlimited).

Duane Davis has reviewed books for the Rocky Mountain News.

Jenny Deam has been a staff writer for St. Petersburg Times, Kansas City Star and other newspapers. Her work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Good Housekeeping, Parents, Parenting, Marie Claire, and Ladies’ Home Journal, among numerous other publications.

Sarah Sasha Dollacker has written book reviews for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, BookBrowse.com and her own website, RedRoomLibrary.com, a literary blog that was named one of the “101 Book Blogs You Need To Read” by OnlineUniversities.com. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Deb Acord’s work has appeared in Outdoors magazine, United Airlines’ Hemispheres magazine, Colorado Springs’ The Gazette and other publications. She has written two books, Colorado Winter and Biking Colorado’s Front Range (Altitude Publishing), and blogs about the outdoors at Ultrarob.com.

Leslie Doran has reviewed books for Mystery News magazine, Mystery Scene magazine, Denver Post and Southwest BookViews, among other publications.

Gwen Florio has written and edited for the Philadelphia Inquirer, Great Falls Tribune, the Missoulian and other publications. She has published short stories in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, The Demarva Review, Philadelphia Stories, Sotto Voce and Confrontation.

Bill Gallo has been a staff writer, columnist and critic for the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and the Denver alternative newspaper Westword. His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, Village Voice and New York Daily News, among other publications.

Rick Gershman has been a staff writer for the St. Petersburg Times, where his Ill Literate blog was cited by the NYU Journalism School in 2006 as a highlight of one of the "best blogging newspapers in the U.S." He has also written for Associated Press, the Washington Post, USA Today, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Tampa Tribune, and other publications. Gershman is creative director of a writing/editing/consulting business.

Adam Goldstein was a book critic for the Rocky Mountain News. His work has also appeared in the Denver Business Journal, the Denver Post and other publications.

Gareth Esersky has reviewed books for Publishers Weekly and Berkshire Living magazine and served as a reviewer and judge of the Next Generation Independent Book Awards. She has worked as an editor at Dell/Doubleday, Simon & Schuster and Perigee/Berkley Books at Putnam Penguin. She is currently a literary agent at the Carol Mann Agency.

Mark Graham was the science fiction/fantasy reviewer at the Rocky Mountain News for more than 30 years. He has also reviewed books for Cemetery Dance and Castle Rock magazines and currently critiques books weekly for Tor.com.

Mary Elkins has reviewed books for the Miami Herald and Rocky Mountain News. She is a professor at the Honors College at Colorado State University.

Charles Green has written and reviewed books for The Gay & Lesbian Review and Lambda Literary Foundation website. He is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and has served as an independent book editor.

Susan Hindman served as a staff copyeditor for Colorado Springs' The Gazette before starting Wordwise Editing in 1997. She provides copyediting services to book publishers and authors, and currently works on cookbooks and health and nutrition books for Rodale, Inc. and children’s reference books for Scholastic and Cherry Lake Books.

Wendy Hubbert has worked as a senior editor at Penguin Putnam, an editor at Crown and associate editor at Doubleday. She has also written extensively for Redbook magazine and is the author of The His and Her Guide to Surviving Your First Year of Marriage (Dell) and Surviving Your Wedding: A His and Her Guide (Berkley).

Joan Hinkemeyer has reviewed books for Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, San Diego Magazine and Rocky Mountain News. She often writes about gardening for various publications and serves as an independent editor of academic papers and book manuscripts.

Robin Intemann has reviewed books for the Colorado Springs’ The Gazette. Her work has also appeared in the Denver Post, Edible Front Range magazine and other publications. She teaches journalism at Pikes Peak Community College.

Ben Jacobs has worked in marketing, editorial and rights in his 20-year publishing career for companies such as Farrar, Straus and Giroux, Cambridge University Press and the Lyons Press. He is the co-editor of The Quotable Booklover (Lyons Press) and has reviewed for Publisher's Weekly, Kirkus Reviews and other publications. He is currently director of licensing and business development at Infobase Publishing, parent company of Facts on File, Chelsea House and the World Almanac.

Dan Danbom has reviewed books for The Bloomsbury Review, Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. He is co-owner of the Printed Page Bookshop in Denver.

Verna Jones’ work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Stroke Smart magazine, Colorado Homes & Lifestyles and Denver Magazine. She has written book reviews for the Rocky Mountain News and is co-author of the parenting book, Don’t Drown in the Carpool (Indelible Press). She has also worked as an independent book doctor.

Karen Algeo Krizman is a librarian and former entertainment editor and book critic at the Rocky Mountain News.

Susanna Rodell has served as an editorial writer, editor and book critic for The New York Times, specializing in arts, foreign policy, health, social and environmental issues and national affairs. She has also been a staff writer for The Melbourne Herald, where she wrote book reviews, The News & Observer and The Charleston Gazette. She is the author of the children’s picture book Dear Fred (Ticknor & Fields and Penguin Australia). Her columns have been anthologized in two university textbooks, and she holds a law degree from Yale Law School.

Christine Thomas has written book reviews for the New York Times Book Review, The Times Literary Supplement, American Book Review, Paste Magazine, the Chicago Tribune, Miami Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Foreword Magazine, AARP Magazine and numerous other publications. She edited and contributed to Don’t Look Back: Hawaiian Myths Made New, which will be published by Watermark in 2011. Her short stories have been published in Spiked, Pretext and Bamboo Ridge and a novel extract in Firsthand: New Writing.

Bianca McCullough has reviewed books for the Rocky Mountain News.

Sybil Steinberg was Forecasts editor at Publishers Weekly for 23 years, responsible for all book reviews. She also acted as fiction editor and interviews editor. Steinberg served two terms on the board of the National Book Critics Circle, has reviewed books for the Washington Post and served as a judge in Amazon’s Breakthrough Novel Award contest. She currently contributes weekly reviews and author interviews to Publishers Weekly.

Traci Macnamara has reviewed books for NewWest, Sacramento News & Review, High Country News and the About.com contemporary literature site, among other publications. Her feature articles have appeared in Backpacker, Vegetarian Times, Isotope, the U.K Summit magazine and in books, including A Leaky Tent is a Piece of Paradise: 20 Young Writers on Finding a Place in the Natural World (Sierra Club Books, 2007) and Antarctica: Life on Ice (Traveler’s Tales, 2007). She blogs on adventure, nature and literature at www.downandout.wordpress.com.

Diane Hartman has worked as a staff writer and editor for various publications, including the Denver Post, The Anniston Star and The Birmingham News. She reviewed books for the Denver Post for 25 years and has served as an independent editor for full-length manuscripts.

Roger K. Miller has written book reviews for the Washington Post, Chicago Sun-Times, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, San Francisco Chronicle and many other publications. He is the former book review editor for the Milwaukee Journal and has self published two novels, Dragon in Amber and Invisible Hero.

Chris Ransick served as the Denver Poet Laureate from 2006-2008. He is the author of four books of poetry, including Never Summer (Ghost Road Press), winner of a Colorado Book Award in 2003. His short story collection, A Return to Emptiness (Ghost Road Press), won the 2005 Colorado Authors’ League Fiction Award. He is a member of PEN USA and serves on the Freedom to Write Committee. Ransick teaches at Arapahoe Community College in Colorado, where he has developed award-winning programs in creative writing and journalism, as well as helping to found the ACC Writers Studio.

Sarah Peasley Miller has written for the Washington Post and served as a book critic for the Rocky Mountain News.

Clayton Moore is a freelance writer and book critic whose reviews and commentary have appeared in Kirkus Reviews, Paste Magazine, Atomic Magazine, Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News and Bookslut.com, where he wrote a column focusing on mysteries. He has also interviewed numerous authors for Kirkus Reviews.

Mindy Werner worked at Viking/Penguin for 13 years, the last three as an executive editor. She also served as an associate editor at Dial Press and an editorial assistant at Basic Books. Werner has reviewed books for the Raleigh News & Observer and currently works as an independent editor and editorial consultant based in New York.

Bonnie M. Moret has written for J’Adore and Spiritual Enthusiast magazines. She is a clinical hypnotherapist who blogs at bisforbonnie.com.

Amy O’Loughlin wrote a book review column for MotherTown Magazine for 10 years, until the publication closed in 2008. She has also written for Calyx, Adjunct Advocate, American History, I Magazine and other print publications, as well as for numerous online publications including FenwayNation, Hoops Addict, IntheFray Magazine. O’Laughlin contributed to the anthology Women Forged in Fire (1st Books Library), and has served as a judge for the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award contest. She is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Rebecca Oppenheimer writes a book review column for Patuxent Publishing, owner of several Maryland weekly newspapers. She has also served as a Publishers Weekly judge in three Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award competitions and is a member of the National Book Critics Circle.

Mike Pearson was features editor for the Rocky Mountain News and also wrote book reviews and a DVD review column syndicated to 300 newspapers nationwide. He was a Michigan Journalism Fellow and was named Print Journalist of the Year by the Colorado Association of Black Journalists (2009), among numerous other honors. He currently teaches journalism at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Toni Sciarra Poynter has worked in high-level positions in publishing for more than 20 years. As a senior and executive editor at Harper Collins, she acquired and edited prominent nonfiction titles, working with such best-selling authors as Alexandra Stoddard, Jack Canfield, Alison Gopnik, Ph.D, and retired FBI agent Joe Navarro, as well on the successful Emily Post Institute etiquette series. As senior editor at William Morrow, she edited the 2nd and 3rd editions of the classic and award-winning, 1,400-page Mayo Clinic Family Health Book and the Mayo Clinic Complete Guide to Pregnancy & Baby’s First Year. There, she worked with Families and Work Institute President Ellen Galinsky, New York Times science writers Gina Kolata and Sandra Blakeslee and Salk Institute neuroscientist V.S. Ramachandran, M.D., Ph.D., among many other successful authors. She is the author of From This Day Forward: Meditations on the First Years of Marriage (Harper San Francisco, Andrews McMeel, Hallmark and Loyola, re-edited and re-titled Now and Forever). Currently a nonfiction editorial consultant, Poynter has coauthored or edited projects now under contract at HarperBusiness, HarperStudio, Simon & Schuster, Harlequin Nonfiction, and Guideposts. She is on the executive committee for the Books for a Better Life Awards.

Carl Rollyson has reviewed books for the Detroit Free Press, Baltimore Sun, New York Sun, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Magill Book Reviews, Magill’s Literary Annual and numerous other publications. He is a professor of journalism at Baruch College, The City University of New York.

Nancy Sapir served as the book critic for the Kingston Observer in Kingston, Mass. for 8 years. She has been a judge for the Amazon.com Breakthrough Novel Award contest for the past three years.

Darren Sextro reviews books regularly for the Kansas City Star and is syndicated throughout the McClatchy newspaper chain. He has also reviewed books for Voice of Youth Advocates and Seventeen magazines.

Lori Tobias’ work has appeared in The New York Times, Ladies’ Home Journal, Alaska Airlines, Home magazine, Natural Home magazine and other publications. She often wrote about books and authors at the Rocky Mountain News and is currently a staff writer for The Oregonian.

Christian Toto has written for the Denver Post, Washington Times and Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, among other publications.

Peter Mergendahl was the thriller/suspense critic for more than 20 years at the Rocky Mountain News.

Vicky Uhland has written for The Christian Science Monitor, Vegetarian Times, Mother Earth News, Newsday, San Jose Mercury-News and other publications. She is the author of Miami Dolphins, (Creative Education) and has edited books for Prentice-Hall, New Hope publications and Innovision Media.

Debbie Warhola was a staff writer at The Colorado Springs Sun and Colorado Springs’ The Gazette and has written for The Catholic Herald and the Christian Booksellers Association magazine.

Renee Warner is a book critic for the Denver Post and an independent copyeditor.

Laurence Washington has reviewed books for the Rocky Mountain News. He is as an adjunct professor at Metropolitan State College of Denver.

Gary Williams has reviewed books for the Rocky Mountain News.