Cristen Iris – Editor

Cristen has worked for traditional and hybrid publishers of fiction and nonfiction and alongside literary agents as a developmental and substantive editor, book proposal consultant, ghostwriter, and talent scout.

Her 200+ clients include university professors and researchers, medical doctors, mental health professionals, attorneys, entrepreneurs, entertainers, consultants, human and animal rights advocates and activists, and novelists. They represent a wide variety of backgrounds and lived experiences but share Cristen's passion for learning and serving others in high-impact ways.

Projects she's worked on have been published by Big 5 traditional and traditional model independent publishers, including:

🔸 HarperCollins

🔸 Oxford University Press

🔸 Johns Hopkins University Press

🔸 Penguin Group imprint TarcherPerigee

🔸 Prometheus Books

🔸 Unsolicited Press

Books and essay projects have earned dozens of well-known book and writing awards and have been translated into 13 languages.

Title bestseller rankings include:

🔸 New York Times

🔸 Publishers Weekly

🔸 Amazon Charts

🔸 Several of them consistently (week after week, month after month, and for several years in a row) rank between #3 and 100 in one or more of their Amazon sales categories.

Clients’ earned media coverage includes:

🔸TODAY Show’s Read with Jenna

🔸 Forks Over Knives magazine

🔸 Los Angeles Times

🔸 Parade Magazine

🔸 Rolling Stone

🔸 Billboard

🔸 Variety

Clients and strategic partners describe Cristen as being:

🔸 an “incredibly efficient as a researcher”

🔸 “a wonderfully precise thinker”

🔸 “a valuable sounding board”

🔸 "the perfect combination of cheerleader and taskmaster"

🔸 an "informed and professional role model"

🔸 "able to deliver each person’s needs in a training setting"

🔸 “the embodiment of excellence, grace, and humility”

🔸 and having “tremendous impact” on projects

Cristen describes herself as an extroverted hermit and lover of all things out of doors, especially winged and crawling things. If she could be anyone else, she'd want to be Pippi Longstocking.