Freelancer, editor, and ghostwriter. Award-winning novelist, publishing entrepreneur, founder of largest independent book festival in US.
Award-winning writer, editor, content manager, and community leader with over twenty years spanning freelance journalism, special event production, public radio hosting and production. Author of the critically-acclaimed bestseller The Hidden Light of Northern Fires published in hardcover, paperback, audio, and large print. Attracted local, regional, and national press coverage. Twenty-years of freelance writing experience spanning print media, specialized publications, web, and radio with an emphasis on quality, accuracy, and clarity. Researched, storyboarded, outlined, and drafted stories for national outlets in both print and radio.
Founder and Executive Director (2005 - 2017) of the Decatur Book Festival, leading overall vision, strategy, branding, social media, public relations, operations, logistics, and partnerships for an annual multi-venue event. Oversaw $450K marketing budget and supervised three paid staff and 1000 volunteers. Negotiated partnerships with Emory University, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, AT&T, DeKalb Medical, and Georgia Power. Grew event to become the fastest growing and one of the 10 largest literary events in the US with 85,000 attendees in 2017 and a website reaching 1M+ season users.
Daren Wang
"Splendid—a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." —Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain"A wise and timely book." —Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SerenaRooted in the history of the only secessionist town north of the Mason Dixon Line, Daren Wang's The Hidden Light of Northern Fires tells a story of redemption amids... read more
Robert Olen Butler, James Dickey, Thomas Lux, Ha Jin
Fiction, poetry, and music come together to create something new: Verb. Original stories and poems you won't find anywhere else, by the best writers in the country, brought to you in an innovative format. Verb is the ancient oral tradition and the venerable literary magazine combined into a fresh new package: the audioquarterly.Our inaugural issue features many of the top writers in the countr... read more
Daren Wang
"Splendid―a distinctive clear-eyed perspective on a fresh corner of the Civil War." ―Charles Frazier, New York Times bestselling author of Cold Mountain"A wise and timely book." ―Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of SerenaRooted in the history of the only secessionist town north of the Mason Dixon Line, Daren Wang's The Hidden Light of Northern Fires tells a story of redemption amids... read more
Ethan Rutherford, Chelsea Rathburn, M. Allen Cunningham, Jospeh Rogers Hem
Sam Nahins, July 2019
Reedsy is a community of top publishing professionals. Join Reedsy today to browse 1000+ profiles.
Freelance ghost writer of full length fiction and non-fiction books for major publishers since 1989; editor and book doctor since 2005
Oswestry, UK