Brent Howard – Editor

I'm a freelance editor with nearly two decades of experience at a major NYC publishing house.

For fiction, I love thrillers, suspense, espionage, horror--especially if the stories have a historical setting. I can help you tighten your story, sharpen your characters, fine tune your language and help grab an acquisition editor's attention from page one.

When it comes to nonfiction, I specialize in history, military, politics and biographies. I'm drawn to sharp, perceptive storytelling, descriptive prose and authors with the ambition to write definitive accounts. It's easy for nonfiction writers to get lost in the research. I can help you find the essence of the story, cut out the clutter, and sharpen your descriptions, putting a picture in the reader's head and making your writing come to life.

Over the course of my career, I have reviewed thousands of query letters. I understand the pitfalls to avoid, how to hold an editor's attention and make your letter stand out, leading the editor to jump to the proposal for an immediate read.

"Brent is a real author's editor, gifted in his knowledge of narrative and nuance."--Martin Dugard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of KILLING LINCOLN and TAKING PARIS