Anna Sutton – Editor

As a writer, educator, marketing professional, and graphic designer, I understand the many facets of book publishing. Let me put my unique experience to work for you.

I am the former Vice President of John F. Blair, Publisher, where I worked on dozens of titles, including The Minotaur Takes His Own Sweet Time by Steven Sherrill, Cherokee Rose by Tiya Miles, The Drunken Spelunker's Guide to Plato by Kathy Giuffre, and Witness to Change by Sybil Morial. I also oversaw sales and marketing for Blair and more than a dozen small-press publishers distributed by Blair.

I received my MFA in Poetry from UNC Wilmington's highly ranked Creative Writing program. There, I worked for Lookout Books on titles such as National Book Critics' Circle Award-winner Binocular Vision by Edith Pearlman, God Bless America by Steve Almond, and When All the World Is Old by John Rybicki.

I have worked for numerous literary organizations and publications across the country, including Humanities Tennessee, The Porch Writers' Collective, One Pause Poetry, Ecotone Journal, Gigantic Sequins Journal, Dialogist Journal, and others. I currently work in higher education, but remain plugged into the literary world.

I specialize in developmental edits for literary fiction and nonfiction, as well as poetry. I have worked in genres as diverse as fantasy, historical nonfiction, travel, and cookbooks. Writers can expect a thoughtful and intensive editorial process with plenty of room for discussion.