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name: Margot Atwell
about: Margot Atwell has been playing roller derby since 2007, and skates under the name Em Dash for the world champion Gotham Girls Roller Derby. She’s the co-founder and editor-in-chief of derbylife.com, and has written for publications such as Derbylife, Derby News Network, Derby Central, fiveonfive magazine, Moviefone.com, the Huffington Post, Publishers Weekly, Publishing Perspectives, and others. She is the co-author of The Insider’s Guide to Book Publishing Success (Beaufort Books, 2013). Her newest book, Derby Life: A Crash Course in the Incredible Sport of Roller Derby, is forthcoming from Gutpunch Press. She lives in Brooklyn and enjoys hanging out with her tiny dog, Schlitz.