Margot Atwell

Margot Atwell has been playing roller derby since 2007 and skates under the name Em Dash for the world champion Gotham Girls Roller Derby league. 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) and the author of Derby Life: A Crash Course in the Incredible Sport of Roller Derby (Gutpunch Press, 2015). She lives in Brooklyn with her tiny dog, Schlitz. You can find her online at @emdash8212 or www.margotatwell.com. Author Photos by Sean Hale (action shot) and Tomasz Werner (headshot).