Overview
I've worked with publishing companies and individual authors in a wide range of genres (mostly non-fiction), including self-help, music, entertainment, business, careers, and reference.• Skilled in creating and developing communications, special events, and public relations strategies and programs.• Award-winning communicator with extensive experience in media relations, writing, marketing and publication development.• Strong interpersonal and management skills.• Creative and persuasive writer who produces effective internal and external written materials.• Corporate, consulting and agency experience in education, the arts, publishing, professional services, healthcare, real estate, and entertainment industries.
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Career Guides
Design
Economics
Education & Reference
Entertainment
Music
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Travel
Writing & Publishing
Work experience
Self-employed
Jan, 1988 —
Present
• Develop media relations strategies that build awareness.
• Build relationships with local, national and trade media.
• Oversee marketing, communications, and public relations activities.
• Write newsworthy press releases, distribute them to the media and follow up.
• Provide consultation on what’s newsworthy and what’s not.
• Prepare spokespeople for media interviews.
• Collaborate with creative services to develop custom materials.
• Develop pitches, web copy, fact sheets, advertising, newsletters, biographies, and PowerPoint presentations.
• Create internal and external communications, including employee communications, web copy, and press releases.
• Monitor media coverage and prepare reports.
• Book keynote speakers and manage special events.
• Craft speaking proposals for national and local conferences.
Portfolio
Mind Over Matter comprises ninety percent of Pink Floyd's artwork. First about design and phtography, it includes never-before-seen roughs, rejects and variations.
Chronicles the lives and deaths of more than 1,200 movie personalities. Included are not just the big stars but a wealth of important characters from the history of film. Some achieved world fame or great power. Some were consigned to obscurity after one scand... read more
Large gift presentation on the front blank page otherwise would be fine.
On June 24, 1941, Michael, 16, and his sister, 19, leave their home in Dubno in Ukraine, just ahead of the advancing German armies. Fleeing by foot and train, deep into Ukraine and beyond, the teens spend a brutal winter in a town near Stalingrad, where they n... read more
"Every day after that, Danny does something to frighten Craig....Craig is smaller and far too scared to tell even his parents, let alone his teachers. He is miserable. And every day, Danny tries harder to make it worse." On the internet, on playgrounds, and in... read more
This Leader’s Guide brings the student book, The Kids' Guide to Working Out Conflicts, into the classroom with lesson plans and reproducible handout masters.
Internationally respected and recognized educator Naomi Drew offers the first proven action plan for conflict resolution by parents at home. The strategies in "Peaceful Parents, Peaceful Kids" are based on the revolutionary program Drew developed for the class... read more
No-one knows The Beatles inside story like Barry Miles, and no-one has had access to anywhere near as much intimate detail. Far more than a simple chronology, this book is pop music's greatest success story told just as it happened.
Keith Moon was more than just rock's greatest drummer, he was a phenomenal character and an extravagant hell raiser who - in a final, uncharacteristic act of grace - actually did die before he got old. This new edition includes a newly written After word that ... read more
Taken By Storm is a superb selection of British artist Storm Thorgerson’s work over the past 30 years. It features the best of Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd, and the Storm Studios and is a visual equivalent of a greatest hits album! Thorgerson’s prolific album art is ... read more
Few photographers had greater access to Bob Dylan than Barry Feinstein. Having taken the iconic photograph that appeared on Dylan’s The Times They Are A-Changin’ album in 1963, Feinstein was invited to Dylan’s European tour of 1966 and US tour of 1974. The pho... read more
If you can change the way you think, you can change the world. That’s the theme of Now You’re Thinking! as it tells the story of how a 2-year old Iraqi girl’s life was saved through determination, courage, and critical thinking. The book begins with the heroic... read more
When a bus driver takes a break from his route, a very unlikely volunteer springs up to take his place-a pigeon! But you've never met one like this before. As he pleads, wheedles, and begs his way through the book, children will love being able to answer back ... read more
Lobotomy is a lurid and unlikely temperance tract from the underbelly of rock 'n' roll. Taking readers on a wild rollercoaster ride from his crazy childhood in Berlin and Munich to his lonely methadone-soaked stay at a cheap hotel in Earl's Court and newfound ... read more
When Artemis Fowl's mother contracts a life-threatening illness, his world is turned upside down. The only hope for a cure lies in the brain fluid of the silky sifaka lemur. Unfortunately, the animal is extinct due to a heartless bargain Artemis himself made a... read more
