Carolyn Lengel - Editor
Garrison, NY, United States
Content editor, style wrangler, and grammar geek with 13 years of experience at a major NYC publisher. I specialize in nonfiction.
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Overview
I served as an in-house development editor at Bedford/St. Martin's (later Macmillan Learning), one of the top five college publishers, for 13 years, and as a freelance writer and editor for other major publishers for several years before that. In the development editor role, I worked with authors from the initial planning stages of a book or media project through the final publication. I guided authors toward choices that would allow the published product to meet market needs and win customers' hearts. I edited drafts and suggested revisions until the right book emerged from the manuscript, and when that book eventually ended up in teachers' and students' hands, it was likely to have my marketing copy on the back cover.
Although big-picture thinking is part of my expertise, details are extremely important to me. My work requires intimate familiarity with guidelines of three major documentation styles (MLA, APA, and CMOS). If you're a researcher, I can help you show off all your hard work in error-free notes and references. If the grammar and style choices absolutely, positively have to be perfect, I know how to make them so--and I know that "perfect" means different things to different people, so I can help you determine which kind of perfect your work needs to be.
And educational publishing isn't the only world I know; I have served as an independent contractor for various editorial service providers, writing and editing across a wide range of nonfiction genres. Self-help manuals? I can help. Comics that need more zip, pow, oomph? Done, done, and done. True tales of Bollywood? I'll make them dance and sing. Nonfiction may be my day job, but it's also what I read for fun.
Although big-picture thinking is part of my expertise, details are extremely important to me. My work requires intimate familiarity with guidelines of three major documentation styles (MLA, APA, and CMOS). If you're a researcher, I can help you show off all your hard work in error-free notes and references. If the grammar and style choices absolutely, positively have to be perfect, I know how to make them so--and I know that "perfect" means different things to different people, so I can help you determine which kind of perfect your work needs to be.
And educational publishing isn't the only world I know; I have served as an independent contractor for various editorial service providers, writing and editing across a wide range of nonfiction genres. Self-help manuals? I can help. Comics that need more zip, pow, oomph? Done, done, and done. True tales of Bollywood? I'll make them dance and sing. Nonfiction may be my day job, but it's also what I read for fun.
Languages
English (US)
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Comics (non fiction)
Education & Reference
Health & wellbeing
History
Self-help & Self-improvement
Certifications
- TESOL
Work experience
Senior Development Editor
Bedford/St. Martin's
June, 2004
–
January, 2017
(over 12 years)
I developed top-selling books and digital tools on writing, rhetoric, and style, from traditional handbooks to two editions of the only comic-book composition text. Working with authors to help translate their vision into student-friendly texts, I had hands-on involvement in every stage of the process, from planning and drafting to editing and revising, from creating design memos and illustration plans to writing marketing copy.
Freelance Editor
well-known editorial services company
October, 2014
–
May, 2015
(7 months)
As an independent contractor, I worked on nonfiction manuscripts on subjects ranging from religion and political science to real estate and food safety. For each manuscript, I evaluated and edited the content and created an editorial letter outlining possible future revisions.
Freelance Editor, Researcher, Writer
Self-employed
January, 1997
–
Present
(over 22 years)
I edit nonfiction content for publishers and others; create ancillary texts, video scripts, and assessments for secondary and higher education markets; and do art research and fact-checking.
Portfolio (16 selected works)
Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing
Elizabeth Losh, Jonathan Alexander, Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon
After shaking up writing classrooms at more than 450 colleges and universities, Understanding Rhetoric, the comic-style guide to writing that instructors have told us gets "nothing but positive responses from students," has returned for a second edition! Combining the composition know-how of Liz Losh and Jonathan Alexander with the comic-art credibility of Kevin Cannon (Far Arden, Crater XV) a... read more
The Presence of Others: Voices and Images That Call for Response, 5th Edition
Andrea A. Lunsford, John J. Ruszkiewicz
Presenting widely varying opinions on provocative topics, The Presence of Others invites every student to enter a dialogue with the readings and with accompanying commentaries from the editors, student writers, and experts in other disciplines and fields. Noted scholars Andrea A. Lunsford and John J. Ruszkiewicz -- whose takes on political and academic culture differ markedly -- have selected ... read more
Writer's Presence (5th, 06) by McQuade, Donald - Atwan, Robert [Paperback (2006)]
By Andrea A. Lunsford - St. Martin's Handbook: 6th (sixth) Edition
Andrea A. Lunsford
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The St. Martin's Handbook, 7th Edition
Andrea A. Lunsford
Andrea A. Lunsford's latest findings show that today's students write more than ever before -- and make rhetorically appropriate choices in texts they create outside the classroom. “We're in the midst of a literacy revolution the likes of which we haven't seen since Greek civilization,” she notes. The St. Martin's Handbook, Seventh Edition is the first handbook to help students build on the sm... read more
The Everyday Writer, 4th Edition
Andrea A. Lunsford
Click here to find out more about the 2009 MLA Updates and the 2010 APA Updates. Students write every day and everywhere -- for school, for work, and for fun. And nobody else in the field of composition understands the real world of student writing better than Andrea A. Lunsford. Her trademark attention to rhetorical choice, language and style, and critical thinking and argument -- based on ye... read more
The Everyday Writer
Andrea A. Lunsford
Andrea Lunsford’s research shows that students are writing more than ever — in classrooms, workplaces, and social spaces, in local communities and around the world. The Everyday Writer, Fifth Edition, is the first tabbed handbook to help the participants in this "literacy revolution" build on the smart decisions they make as social writers — and use their skills in their academic and professio... read more
Writer's Help 2.0, Lunsford Version (Twelve Month Access)
Andrea A. Lunsford
Writing well is critical to college success. During your years in college, you will be asked to write in multiple genres and for a wide range of purposes, audiences, and contexts. You need an easy-to-use resource that can help you find what you’re looking for. Enter Writer’s Help, a powerful online resource with "the simplicity and usability of Google," according to one student user, but with ... read more
The St. Martin’s Handbook, Eighth Edition
Andrea A. Lunsford
Andrea Lunsford’s comprehensive advice in The St. Martin’s Handbook, Eighth Edition, supports students as they move from informal, social writing to both effective academic writing and to writing that can change the world.Based on Andrea’s groundbreaking research on the literacy revolution, this teachable handbook shows students how to reflect on the writing skills they already have and put th... read more
EasyWriter
Andrea A. Lunsford
PACKAGE THIS TITLE WITH OUR 2016 MLA SUPPLEMENT, Documenting Sources in MLA Style (package ISBN-13: 9781319088651). Get the most recent updates on MLA citation in a convenient, 40-page resource based on The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition, with plenty of models. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN. Andrea Lu... read more
The Everyday Writer
Andrea A. Lunsford
Contexts for writing keep changing, and Andrea Lunsford knows that every writer needs to engage with audiences and communicate ideas every day. The Everyday Writer shows novice writers how to navigate rhetorical situations and make effective choices everywhere they write. The illustrations, by Eisner Award nominee GB Tran, offer a high-interest approach to writing processes and encourage stude... read more
Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing
Elizabeth Losh, Jonathan Alexander, Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon
This comics-style collaboration between rhetoricians Elizabeth Losh and Jonathan Alexander and illustrator team Big Time Attic presents the content of the composition course in a form designed to draw students in. Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing covers what first-year college writers need to know — the writing process, critical analysis, argument, research, revision, and pre... read more
This award-winning multi-volume series is dedicated to making literature and its creators better understood and more accessible to students and interested readers, while satisfying the standards of librarians, teachers and scholars. Dictionary of Literary Biography provides reliable information in an easily comprehensible format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary hist... read more
Eat Clean, Eat Safe: Dodging Food Dangers and Learning to Shop for, Prepare and Love Healthful Meals Anytime, Anywhere You Go!
Claudia Del Vecchio, Barry M. Grey
Do you really think the food supply is safe?If you have doubts--and you should--this is the easy, fun guide for helping keep danger away while enjoying a healthy new mealtime philosophy.Did you know that food poisoning can be a contributing factor in many gastrointestinal issues, autoimmune diseases, and chronic illnesses?Whether you’re eating at home, dining out, or catching meals on the road... read more
New York City Haiku
Readers of The New York Times
One hundred fifty haiku on New York City in just three lines each. New York City Haiku collects 150 of the best haiku inspired by the Big Apple. These succinct three-line poems express not only the personal experiences of every New Yorker (or New Yorker at heart), but also the universal truths about living and loving everything that New York has to offer as well. Written by poets of all ages a... read more
EasyWriter
Andrea A. Lunsford
EasyWriter is the little handbook with the Andrea Lunsford difference. It features Andrea’s friendly voice, her research-based Top Twenty, her recognition that writing today is increasingly digital and multimodal, and above all, her respect and appreciation for student writers’ potential to change the world. When your students need reliable, easy-to-find writing advice for college and beyond, ... read more
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