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Experienced
and highly regarded editor, book
doctor/ghostwriter and specialist in
most fiction and general non-fiction
areas. Services also include
project development, manuscript
evaluations, preparation of book
proposals, heavy re-writes for
deadlines. Twenty-five years of
industry experience at the William
Morris Agency, Viking-Penguin, Atheneum (now Scribner) and William
Morrow.
I am a
former academic (Columbia University
President’s Fellow, doctoral candidate
and lecturer) with an expertise in
American History (legal, social,
political, military, woman and family)
and a strong professional interest in
memoir and autobiography and
story-driven non-fiction. I also love
fiction – historical and epic, intimate
and literary, serious and satire. As an
in-house editor and now as an editorial
consultant, I have edited regional and
national bestsellers, as well as
award-winning titles.
Within the
industry I am known as a personable,
hands-on professional, and I especially
enjoy working with new and emerging
writers.
Other
subject areas of interest to me are:
theater, television and film; lifestyle;
current events; travel, parenting and
family; fashion, entertaining and food.
Authors I have worked with include Lady
Antonia Fraser, Joy Fielding, Diane
Ackerman, Ursula Hegi, Harvey Fierstein,
Sir Martin Gilbert, Sarah Ban Breathnach,
Steve Coll and Reba McIntyre.
I welcome
your inquiry.
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Meet the Editors
