Overview
I am a seasoned acquiring editor and publisher with over 27 years in trade and scholarly book publishing, with substantive experience guiding authors through every stage in their journey towards publication, or simply their own personal creative fulfillment. I have guided hundreds of authors—in genres as wide-ranging as fiction, memoir, criticism, biography, history, and current affairs—in crafting compelling proposals and pitches, developmental editing at the conceptual and structural level, and from copyediting to proofreading to finished book. I've helped many authors who I have not published myself secure agents and successfully place their own manuscripts with fitting publishers.
My goal is to make each of the writers I counsel into the most effective and engaging storytellers they can be. Few endeavors gratify me more than helping authors realize their own ambitions, discover or fine-tune their voice, and shape the stories they wish to share in the most persuasive manner possible, so that their readers will feel as invested in the narrative as the author is in crafting it.
I am candid, and sometimes I will share hard truths, but never with anything but an eye towards identifying the the most promising way forward.
My goal is to make each of the writers I counsel into the most effective and engaging storytellers they can be. Few endeavors gratify me more than helping authors realize their own ambitions, discover or fine-tune their voice, and shape the stories they wish to share in the most persuasive manner possible, so that their readers will feel as invested in the narrative as the author is in crafting it.
I am candid, and sometimes I will share hard truths, but never with anything but an eye towards identifying the the most promising way forward.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Humanities & Social Sciences
Religion & Spirituality
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Coming of Age
Contemporary Fiction
Literary Fiction
Young Adult
Languages
English (US)
Certifications
- B.A. Humanities
- M.A. English
- M.F.A. Creative Writing
Work experience
The University of Alabama Press
Nov, 2000 —
Present
I presently serve as the editor-in-chief and humanities editor at The University of Alabama Press where I oversee a publication program of 55 to 60 new titles a year in the fields of southern and civil rights history, literary studies, American religious history, theatre history, law and legal studies, African American studies, and early modern and Renaissance studies, among other fields, including original fiction and memoir.
My job is to actively recruit promising new authors in highly demanding fields, assess their work, persuade the best of them to sign contracts with us, guide them through the submission and review process, and develop their manuscripts for maximum clarity and impact—to transform them into effective storytellers, in short.
Rizzoli International Publications
May, 1989 —
May, 1993
(about 4 years)
Editor of art, architecture, design, and photography books for one the most esteemed publishers of illustrated and coffee-table books in North America.
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