Overview
I'm a proofreader, copyeditor, content and developmental editor, and writer with more than five years in the publishing industry working with top publishers such as Simon & Schuster and Gale/Cengage Learning. My experience lies in academic and non-fiction works, as well as fiction, magazine, and blog content writing and editing. I am passionate about the written word, and thrive on making a good manuscript or set of proofs into a great one.
Services
Non-Fiction
Architecture
Art
Business & Management
Design
Economics
Education & Reference
Health & Wellbeing
Humanities & Social Sciences
Music
Nature
Photography
Political Science & Current Affairs
Fiction
Classics
Historical Fiction
Literary Fiction
Plays & Screenplays
Poetry
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Self-Employed
Jun, 2014 —
Present
Freelance editing for a variety of clients including Simon and Schuster, The New Press, The International Review of African American Art, Gale/Cengage Learning, and Bookbright Media.
Bookbright Media
Sep, 2011 —
Jun, 2014
(over 2 years)
Proofread hundreds of academic, socio-political, and business non-fiction books. Project managed marketing materials. Fact-checked, copy edited, transcribed interviews, photo researched books, created unique traffic flow systems for intra-office deadlines and communication.
Portfolio
Now available for the first time in a mass-market premium paperback edition—master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a mysterious store than can sell you whatever you desire—but not without exacting a terrible pri... read more
Only Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, can imagine the horror of a good and angry man who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality, home, and memories. “Under any name King mesmerizes the reader” (Chicago Sun-Times).Bar... read more
The Eye on Art series is intended to assist readers in understanding the various roles of art in society; each volume offers an in-depth exploration of a major artistic movement, medium, figure, or profession.; This new title in Lucent's Eye on Art series expl... read more
Highlights the life and career of the artist Pablo Picasso, including his work in primitivism and cubism.
The Eye on Art series is intended to assist readers in understanding the various roles of art in society; each volume offers an in-depth exploration of a major artistic movement, medium, figure, or profession.; In this new Eye on Art title, author Don Nardo ex... read more
The Genocide and Persecution series offers readers a multitude of perspectives, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of these complex and horrific periods in world history; each volume is an anthology of previously published materials on acts of geno; Thi... read more
The Genocide and Persecution series offers readers a multitude of perspectives, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of these complex and horrific periods in world history; each volume is an anthology of previously published materials on acts of geno; Tit... read more
Genocide and Persecution: Rwanda examines the historical background on the violence in Rwanda. The title covers controversies surrounding Rwanda. The last chapter includes personal narratives by those impacted directly or indirectly.; The Genocide and Persecut... read more
The Genocide and Persecution series offers readers a multitude of perspectives, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of these complex and horrific periods in world history; each volume is an anthology of previously published materials on acts of geno; Thi... read more
Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.; This title ex... read more
Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.; This title ad... read more
Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.; Opposing View... read more
Each title in the highly acclaimed Opposing Viewpoints series explores a specific issue by placing expert opinions in a unique pro/con format; the viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find publications.; Opposing View... read more
Perspectives on Modern World History: The Brown v. Board of Education Trial explores the historical background on the Brown v. Board of Education Trial, examines the controversies surrounding the trial, and offers personal narratives from those who were i; Thi... read more
This series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history; each book helps readers develop critical thinking skills, increase global awareness, and enhance their understanding of international perspectives about historic events.; Perspective on... read more
This series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history; each book helps readers develop critical thinking skills, increase global awareness, and enhance their understanding of international perspectives about historic events.; This title exp... read more
This series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history; each book helps readers develop critical thinking skills, increase global awareness, and enhance their understanding of international perspectives about historic events.; This title pro... read more
This series provides multiple views of momentous events in recent history; each book helps readers develop critical thinking skills, increase global awareness, and enhance their understanding of international perspectives about historic events.; This title exp... read more
Award-winning author, curator, and activist Lucy R. Lippard is one of America’s most influential writers on contemporary art, a pioneer in the fields of cultural geography, conceptualism, and feminist art. Hailed for "the breadth of her reading and the compreh... read more
Fourth grade is ground zero in the fierce debates about education reform in America. It’s when kids (well, some of them) make the shift from learning to read” to reading to learn,” and tomes have been written about the fourth-grade year by educators, adminis... read more
On March 18, 1963, in one of its most significant legal decisions, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Gideon v. Wainwright that all defendants facing significant jail time have the constitutional right to a free attorney if they cannot afford their ow... read more
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown, an unarmed African American high school senior, was shot by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. For months afterward, protestors took to the streets demanding justice, testifying to the racist and exploitative police ... read more
The issue of inequality has irrefutably returned to the fore, riding on the anger against Wall Street following the 2008 financial crisis and the concentration of economic and political power in the hands of the super–rich. The Occupy movement made the plight ... read more
It’s a statistic that’s sure to surprise: close to 45 percent of postsecondary students in the United States today do not enroll in college directly out of high school and many attend part-time. Following a tradition of self-improvement as old as the Republic,... read more
In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social usea first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in twenty states and Washington,... read more
Drawing from and expanding on the themes of Michelle Alexander's acclaimed best-seller, The New Jim Crow, this in-depth guide provides a launching pad for groups wishing to engage in deep, meaningful dialogue about race, racism, and structural inequality in th... read more
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