Bev West – Editor

I am a NY Times Bestselling editor/ghost with 25+ years experience in Big 5 and Indie publishers.. Specializing in narrative nonfiction, memoir, business, true crime, politics, and current affairs

Upcoming titles include a coming of age true crime memoir by Eva Benefield about The Black Swan Murder (Gallery Books, 2025) and Tigress, a book for young entrepreneurs by Nadya Okamoto.

Past titles include: Flip the Script by NYT bestselling sales guru, Oren Klaff, (Portfolio), Innovation in Translation, How Big Ideas Really Happen, by Dave Ferrera (Forbes), Recovery Hardware, a memoir of a hardware store that changed the world by Gina Schaefer. Youth Nation, by trailblazing youth marketer Matt Britton, (Wiley) a #1 Amazon bestseller; WeCommerce (Perigee) by market trend futurist Billee Howard. The Sacred Thread, (Random House) a memoir by Adrienne Arieff about the friendship between an Indian surrogate and an American biological mom was an Amazon bestseller, and A London Times bestseller.

As an author, my NYT bestselling series Cinematherapy sold over a half a million copies worldwide, inspired 8 sequels, was translated into 9 languages, and was a TV show in primetime on WE for 11 years.

My work appears in Forbes, Fortune and Fast Company Magazine. Bev’s books have been featured in the New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Boston Herald, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun Times, the Miami Herald, the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, the Cleveland Plain Dealer, and the Daily Oklahoman.

I'm a dynamic, insightful, and exciting collaborator who inspires my clients to reach higher, think bigger, drill down deeper, and look at the lessons of their experience with fresh eyes. I also have a keen understanding of the publishing marketplace, and know how to maximize the commercial potential of a story in ways that get noticed, attract a loyal following, and drive business.

Bev lives with her husband Jason and their notorious pugs on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.