Cheyna Roth

Raised on an early diet of Nancy Drew novels, Cheyna Roth has always had a deep fascination with crime and a good mystery. A prosecuting attorney at the age of twenty-four, she moved on from the law a few years later.

Cheyna became a journalist in 2016. She started her career as a political reporter for the Michigan Public Radio Network and has been a guest on popular shows such as 1A, Here and Now, and All Things Considered. She is now a senior producer and podcast host for Slate, working on shows like What Next TBD, Political Gabfest, Slate Money and so many more. Her work written has been featured in Broadly, Bustle, MLive, Slate and on NPR.

Between Two Wars is Cheyna's latest true crime collection. She published Cold Cases: A True Crime Collection in July 2020.

Cheyna is also an adjunct professor of journalism and law at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.