A freelance editor with experience working for a big five publisher on a broad range of literary and historical fiction as well as memoir
-Acquired forthcoming memoirs from New York Times contributor Sam Polk and New School professor Nora Krug
-Edited and represented for the company a select list of authors including poet David Lehman (The Best American Poetry series), journalist Nell Lake (The Caregivers), novelist Richard C. Morais (The Hundred-Foot Journey), and novelist Brad Smith (Crow’s Landing, Shoot the Dog)
-Liaised between Production team and the Publisher’s authors including Stephen King (11/22/63, Doctor Sleep), National Book Award winner Andrew Solomon (Far from the Tree), and National Book Award nominee Rachel Kushner (The Flamethrowers)
-Liaised between Production team and the Editor-in-Chief’s authors including PEN/Saul Bellow Award winner Don DeLillo (The Angel Esmeralda), Booker Prize nominee Colm Toibin (Nora Webster, The Testament of Mary), and National Book Award nominee Jayne Anne Phillips (Quiet Dell)
-Evaluated and responded to submissions; wrote flap copy and sales points for book promotion
Brad Smith
A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.
Edited this year by beloved and inventive poet Denise Duhamel, the foremost annual anthology of contemporary American poetry returns.Over the last twenty-five years, the Best American Poetry series has become an annual rite of autumn, eagerly awaited and hotly debated: “an essential purchase” (The Washington Post). This year, guest editor Denise Duhamel brings her wit and enthusiasm and her co... read more
David Lehman
A major collection of poems from one of our most accomplished poets, the prominent man of letters behind The Best American Poetry series.Drawing from a wealth of material produced over the course of more than forty years, David Lehman’s New and Selected Poems displays the remarkable range of his poetic genius. A gathering of stunning new poems, prose poems, and translations from modern French ... read more
A moving, intimate, and compassionate book that chronicles the experiences of a group of long-term caregivers—spouses, parents, and friends of the elderly and ill—illuminating critical issues of old age, end-of-life care, medical reform, and social policy—and “providing comfort in the time-honored form of shared experience” (The Minneapolis Star-Tribune).In 2010, journalist Nell Lake began sit... read more
Edited by the National Book Award-winning poet Terrance Hayes, the foremost annual anthology of contemporary American poetry returns: “A ‘best’ anthology that really lives up to its title” (Chicago Tribune).The first book of poetry that Terrance Hayes ever bought was the 1990 edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Jorie Graham. Hayes was then an undergrad at a small South Carolina coll... read more
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Passionate and meticulous copyeditor specializing in experimental literature and global perspectives. Nearly 10 years of lit mag experience.
Boston, MA, USA
Former Agent, Writers House, now Expat; two Newbery & NBA authors. I take a holistic, highly customized approach with a plan
New York, United States