1. ROXANNA ERDMAN
roxanna_e@prodigy.net.mx
Tel: 55 5516-6950
Editor, writer and writing teacher with 25 years of experience in editing, style
correction, drafting, English-Spanish translation, editorial project development and
teaching.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
ESCUELA DE MEXICANA DE ESCRITORES (Mexican School for Writers)
2010 - present Co-founder and teacher of courses in children’s and young
people’s literature.
ESCUELA DE NIÑOS ESCRITORES (School for Child Writers)
2009 - present Founder and director of Mexico’s first writing school for children,
which teaches on-site courses to children and teens, as well as
adult creative writing workshops and seminars for teachers.
ESCUELA DE ESCRITORES DE LA SOGEM (SOGEM Writing School)
2008 - 2010 Teacher of literature for children and young people.
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EDITORIAL MÉXICO INTERACTIVO, S.A. DE C.V.
2007 - 2009 Head of drafting for the monthly health magazine A tuSalud, for
Mexico’s Social Security Institute (IMSS).
GRUPO EDITORIAL ARMONÍA, S.A. DE C.V.
2004 - 2006 Head of drafting for the monthly children’s magazines Cartoon
Network, Barney and Kids, Mis Personajes Favoritos.
IMPRESIONES AÉREAS, S.A. DE C.V.
2001 - 2004 Editor of the Mexicana de Aviación in-flight magazine Vuelo (until
June 2002), Nupcias (until July 2002), Pronatura (Aug. 2003 - Aug.
2004) and Esposa Joven (June 2002 - 2004).
CASA DEL LAGO / UNAM

2. 1997 - 2000 Press department chief, Casa del Lago / UNAM cultural center.
EDICIONES ENIGMA, S.A. DE C.V.
1996-1997 Editor in chief of the magazine Disney Aventuras.
DEMOS, DESARROLLO DE MEDIOS, S.A. DE C.V.
1987.1998 Coordinator of the newspaper supplement for children, La
Jornada Niños.
1986-1995 Editor "A" of the daily newspaper La Jornada.
1986-1995 Editorial coordinator of several supplements for La Jornada.
1985-1986 Proofreader for the national and international sections of La
Jornada.
FREELANCE WORK
2006 - present Adapter, corrector, editor and translator.
For publishing companies Alfaguara, Santillana, Edelvives,
Vergara
y Riba, Ediciones B and magazines How It Works, Entrepreneur,
MetrosCúbicos, National Geographic Traveler, NG Kids, Escala,
Platino (Aeroméxico) and Revista Cátálogo del Regalo.
Adaptations of books translated from English into Spanish for
the Americas include: Saga Crepúsculo, Luna Nueva, Eclipse and
Amanecer, by Stephenie Meyer; Algo pasa en la librería, by Pete
Härtling; Rebeldes and La ley de la calle, by Susan E. Hinton; short
story anthology Noche de baile en el infierno; Ghostgirl and El
regreso de Ghostgirl, by Tonya Hurley; Nerds 2 – Mamá me quiere
bien malo, by Michael Buckley; Maze Runner-Prueba de Fuego and
Maze Runner-La cura mortal, by James Dashner; Firelight and
Vanish, chica de niebla, by Sophie Jordan; Blancanieves y el
cazador, by Lily Blake; Partials, by Dan Wells; El extraño caso de
Yoda Origami, by Tom Angleberger; El pequeño vampiro, by
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg.
English-Spanish translations include: the books (Alfaguara)
Cachorro peludo de niño-gato, by Edgar Keret; Dark Lord, más
días de escuela, by Jamie Thomson; El diario de Monsters High, by
Lisi Harrison; the activities book Judy Moody (Ediciones B); Fated,
by Sarah Alderson; Forgiveness, by Helen Whitney (prolog by the
Dalai Lama); Lavado de dinero, by Kenneth Rijock; El último narco,

3. by Malcolm Beith; El arte de la libertad, by Osho; iAm, by Kevin
Brooks; Dead Love, by Linda Watanabe McFerrin; (Vergara y Riba)
Nerds 3; Hanna Barbera and Cartoon Network comic books;
articles for magazines mentioned above; instruction manual for
Jeep watches; Nestlé Fitness cereal campaign; RCI member
manuals; Panasonic advertorials.
2007 - 2010 Organizing committee member of the Mexican professional
illustrators collective El Ilustradero.
2006 - 2007 Reporter and writer of travel guides Cómo y Dónde.
2005 Editor of the children’s magazine Jugando con ADO.
2000 - 2001 Editor of the magazine Vagón Literario, Editorial Santillana (winner
of the CANIEM Award for Editorial Excellence in 2001).
1998 - 1999 Editor of BichoVerde, Electronic children’s nature and ecology
magazine (www.bichoverde.com.mx).
PUBLISHED BOOKS
• Three children’s books published by Alfaguara: Zorrillo el último (selected for the
5th Grade Library Program in 2005), Elogio del tlacuache and Elogio del jaguar.
• A 4th-grade textbook and teacher’s manual, for the Larousse Written Expression
series.
• Mitos y leyendas indígenas, a children’s book published by Editorial Everest
(Spain).
• Suerte con el miedo, a children’s book published by Progreso Editorial.
• Three poster-stories published by SEP / Tané Arte y Diseño.
• Destinario, a collective book published jointly by Ediciones La Cabra and El
Ilustradero. Participation included short stories and illustrations.
INDIVIDUAL COURSES TAUGHT
Journalism and Science Communication, at the UAM-Azcapotzalco / FCE (1998);
Style correction for journalism students at Universidad de Colima (1995); Style
correction and journalism for children at Universidad de Quintana Roo (1994).
AWARDS, FELLOWSHIPS AND OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

4. • Winner of the competition Mexico, Land of Wonders, with the story "El Lirio".
Awarded by Fonoteca Nacional and Conabio (2013); FONCA fellowship for
Young Creators for a children’s bestiary (2000); National Children’s Journalism
Prize, awarded by Centro Mexicano para los Derechos de la Infancia, AC (1993)
• Jury member for several short story and poster competitions organized by the
ISSSTE, CDHDF, DIF, Casa del Lago / UNAM; selection competition for the
2005 ENAP Illustrators Catalog; 2011 and 2016 Valladolid Literature Award for
short story, and Mexico City’s Election Institute’s annual children’s short story
competition since 2010.
FORMAL EDUCATION
1994-1998 UNAM. Hispanic literature, bachelor’s degree equivalent
Languages English-Spanish for translation; reading in French.