Overview
For 20 years, I've edited manuscripts for beginning and bestselling writers and have worked on conceptual and developmental editing for Andrea Hurst & Associates. I've taught workshops at conferences and MFA programs. As an alum of Hedgebrook, an esteemed retreat for women writers on Whidbey Island, I've given writing workshops and helped fellow writers develop their story ideas, scenes, and final manuscripts. I've been a speaker at the South Asian Literary and Theater Arts Festival (SALTAF®) at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., and I've given presentations and writing classes at many schools and libraries.
I'm also a #1 Kindle and international bestselling author of 15 traditionally published novels under two names, with translations in many foreign languages. I'm fully versed in the complex process of creating, revising, editing and proofreading a book-length manuscript. I love to help writers reach their potential and become published authors!
Praise:
"Anjali brings a wealth of knowledge to any creative writing project. Her notes are always supportive, imaginative, and encouraging." -Susan Wiggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author
"Anjali has been immensely helpful to me as I've crafted my books, especially when I was working on my Life In Icicle Falls series. I always appreciated her insight into character and motivation. She is meticulous, detail oriented, and a very deep thinker and has a true gift for helping authors bring out the best in their stories." -Sheila Roberts, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author
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Work experience
Self-employed
I provide editorial services to writers seeking help with their fiction manuscripts. I also write novels under my real name and under the pen name, A. J. Banner. My novels have been Publishers Weekly, USA Today, and #1 Kindle bestsellers.
Self-employed
I provided editorial services to many beginning and advanced writers, and I evaluated manuscripts and taught writing workshops at Hedgebrook, the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference, the Whidbey Island Writers Conference, and for the Whidbey Island Writers Association MFA program. My internationally bestselling novels, traditionally published between 2005 and 2014 by Random House, Penguin, Simon & Schuster, and Mirrorstone Books, received wonderful reviews in many national newspapers and journals and were translated into many foreign languages.
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