Adrienne Kisner - Editor

I came to editing because I am, to my core, a reader. Give me your adult grim dark futures, your middle grade portals to another world, your YA romances between star-crossed lovers, your humor, your coming-of-age tales, your cozy mysteries, your thrillers, your contemporary realistic stories . . . I love it all.

I am an experienced editor, writing professor, and author. I love working with both new and more seasoned writers to get their novels, synopses, and query letters into the best shape possible. I will bring my passion, attention to detail, and encouragement to your work. I am also an author and understand the need to weigh the strong aspects of your story with the need for revision.

An example of one of the successful projects for which I gave editorial feedback:

-STAND UP, YUMI CHUNG! by Jessica Kim

Praise for STAND UP:

★“With wonderful supporting characters, strong pacing, and entertaining comedy bits, debut author Kim has woven a pop song of immigrant struggle colliding with comedy and Korean barbecue.”
—Kirkus Reviews, starred review

★"Kim has taught school, and it shows, both with the spot-on dialogue and the up-to-date social media references... This will certainly remind readers of Kelly Yang's Front Desk (2018)."
—Booklist, starred review

Query letter edit samples available upon request

In addition to freelance editing, I have taught writing for publicaiton at Wheelock College (Boston, MA), Southern New Hampshire University (Manchester, NH) and The Writing Barn (Austin, TX). I've participated in several rounds of the "Author Mentor Match" program; all of my mentees have gone on to sign with agents and/or land impressive book deals. Other queries I've critiqued have netted agents at: Dystel, Goderich & Bourret; Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency; Sandford J. Greenburger Associates; Ravenquill Literary Agency; New Leaf Literary; Inkwell Management Literary Agency; Headwater Literary Management, and Laura Dail Literary Agency (to name a few!)

My Author Bio:

Adrienne Kisner has lived her entire “adult” life in a college dormitory working in both Residence Life and college chaplaincy. She went to school for a long time so that now she gets to swoop around in a fancy robe and silly hat (like at Hogwarts). She also has an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts (a place like Hogwarts). Adrienne is a birder and knitter with more heart and enthusiasm than actual skill. Her debut novel DEAR RACHEL MADDOW won a 2016 PEN New England Susan P Bloom Discovery Award and was one of YALSA’s 2019 picks for Best Fiction for Young Adults. Her second novel, THE CONFUSION OF LAUREL GRAHAM, was released in the 2019 and won the Green Earth Book Award in 2020. Book three, SIX ANGRY GIRLS, came out in 2020 and is shortlisted for Massachusetts Book Award for Children's and Young Adult Fiction Award 2021 and was included on the Banks Street Books Best of Young Adult Fiction list 2021..