Overview
Selected clients include: Amazon Publishing, Scholastic, Sourcebooks, I See Me!, Wonderbly, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, Little Bee Books, Disney, Lonely Planet Kids, National Geographic Kids, Bloomsbury Children's Books, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Services include: Manuscript Critique, Self-Publishing Editorial and Project Management, Developmental and Substantive Editing, Publishing Industry Consultation
Services
Non-Fiction
Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- MFA, Poetry
- NYU, Fundamentals of Copy Editing and Proofreading
Work experience
Upside Down Books/Trigger Publishing
As Commissioning Editor of Upside Down Books, the children's book imprint of Trigger Publishing, I acquire and publish a range of fiction and nonfiction picture books, activity books, and chapter books on the topics of mental health, wellbeing, and emotional intelligence.
Self-employed
I run an independent children's book editorial and writing business, catering to book publishers and emerging children's book authors and illustrators. My specialties include: Developmental and Substantive Editing, Writing/Content Development, Publishing Market Consultation, Query Letter Critique, Illustrator Portfolio Review, Illustrator Web Site Review, Photo Research, Coaching in Picture Book Writing
Bright USA
Managed a boutique list of trade children's book author-illustrators, helping them to develop stories which I then went on to pitch and sell to publishing houses in the US and UK. Brokered significant, one- and two-book deals with HarperCollins, Bloomsbury Children's, Little Brown BYR, Simon and Schuster, Random House, Penguin, HMH/Clarion, Quarto, among others.
Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
Acquired and edited children's fiction and nonfiction for ages 0 - 12: board books, novelty, picture books, abridged classics, leveled easy readers, craft/activity books, and middle grade.
Portfolio
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Kim L.
May, 2018
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Nov, 2017
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