Elizabeth Dougherty – Editor

Transform your ideas into a book that amplifies your voice as a thought leader, crystalizes your personal brand, and increases your professional visibility. Whatever your passion project, I can help you get it done.

From the idea stage to an outline, book proposal, query letter, and first to final drafts, I leverage my 20+ years as a nonfiction developmental editor and book coach on more than 100 books to ensure your manuscript receives high-quality, professional editing. Together, we’ll define, refine, and amplify your voice — in a way that saves you time, effort, and money.

I specialize in leadership, lifestyle, health, and all things parenting—pregnancy, babies, and child development. I also help authors think broadly about their branding messaging and how to extend their manuscript content to blogs, conference presentations, and online courses. For example, I edited Jo Miller's book Woman of Influence.

As the executive editor of the lifestyle, parenting, and children's division at book publisher Weldon Owen, I developed clients' content strategies and managed their books from idea to publication. I launched book publishing programs for Parenting and Working Mother magazines, and ran programs for big-name brands such as Gymboree, Pottery Barn Kids, The Body Shop, and Hallmark. I produced several lines of children's reference books, as well as Gymboree's first app.

A parent myself, I'm devoted to ensuring that pregnant women and parents get the best information possible. Since 2015, I've worked with BabyCenter, the world’s largest parenting website, reaching 50 million parents. As a senior editor for two years, I tackled topics ranging from breastfeeding to bed-wetting, and my coverage of maternal depression won two Digital Health Awards. I continue to edit and write for BabyCenter.

I served as both the developmental editor and the SME reviewer for a book about baby play activities published by Callisto Media.

On the flip side, I wrote the Klutz book String Art and served as the project manager.

A longtime Silicon Valley resident, I previously served as executive producer at a Disney-owned consumer website, helped launch a vacation-itinerary startup, and advised TechCrunch on its sponsored content process. I am chief content officer of the startup Positive Caregiving.

I have a master's degree from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.