Overview
I've edited just about every type of non-fiction book from sports to science, business to biography, and management to memoir. My bestselling titles include Self-Love Workbook for Women by Megan Logan; Ladies Who Punch by Ramin Setoodeh; The Sports Gene by David Epstein; Tap Dancing to Work by Carol J. Loomis; Taking People With You by David Novak; Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain by Ryan Blair; The Reinventors by Jason Jennings; and Where Does It Hurt? by Jonathan Bush. Other career highlights include working with bestselling authors such as Joe Nocera, Geoff Colvin, Kate Kelly, Dan Roam, and Ian Bremmer.I am primarily a developmental editor. I love to help writers when there is only a kernel of an idea, or deep dive into revisions and restructuring if you already have a first draft. I'll provide constructive feedback, walk you through necessary changes, counsel you when you have questions or doubts, and push you to produce your best work. I have collaborated with journalists, professors, professional doodlers, creative thinkers, self-help gurus, CEOs, historians, first-time authors, healers, witches, herbalists, and even a former undercover FBI agent, so I have a wealth of knowledge and experience to share.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences
History
Political Science & Current Affairs
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Sports & Outdoors
True Crime
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press, Macmillan
Aug, 2015 —
Apr, 2017
(over 1 year)
Responsible for acquiring, editing, and overseeing my books through the production process for Thomas Dunne Books and St. Martin's Press, as well as editing books acquired by the publisher of Thomas Dunne Books.
Portfolio/Sentinel/Current, Penguin Random House
Jun, 2013 —
Aug, 2015
(about 2 years)
Responsible for acquiring, editing, and developing 3-5 books per season for three nonfiction imprints, while working with the marketing, publicity, and sales teams to package, title, and publish my books.
Portfolio
When Tamara Mellon’s father lent her the seed money to start a high-end shoe company, he cautioned her: “Don’t let the accountants run your business.” Little did he know. Over the next fifteen years, the struggle between “financial” and “creative” would become... read more
The Mob is notorious for its cruel and immoral practices, but its most successful members have always been extremely smart businessmen. Now, former mobster Louis Ferrante reveals its surprisingly effective management techniques and explains how to apply them-l... read more
“AN IMPORTANT BOOK ABOUT MOTIVATION FROM A PROVEN MOTIVATOR.” —JACK WELCHYum! Brands CEO David Novak learned long ago that you can’t lead a great organization of any size without getting your people aligned, enthusiastic, and focused relentlessly on the missio... read more
Warren Buffett built Berkshire Hathaway into something remarkable— and Fortune journalist Carol Loomis had a front-row seat for it all.When Carol Loomis first mentioned a little-known Omaha hedge fund manager in a 1966 Fortune article, she didn’t dream that Wa... read more
America will remain the world’s only superpower for the foreseeable future. But what sort of superpower? What role should America play in the world? What role do you want America to play? Ian Bremmer argues that Washington’s directionless foreign policy has be... read more
From very early on in his career, John F. Kennedy’s allure was more akin to a movie star than a presidential candidate. Why were Americans so attracted to Kennedy in the late 1950s and early 1960s—his glamorous image, good looks, cool style, tough-minded rheto... read more
Nineteenth-century New York City was one of the most magnificent cities in the world, but also one of the most deadly. Without any real law enforcement for almost 200 years, the city was a lawless place where the crime rate was triple what it is today and the ... read more
Of all the tools available to law enforcement, the living, breathing undercover operative remains the gold standard. This is true in TV shows and in the real world. In the era of electronic surveillance, UC work enforces accountability; it prevents mistakes, a... read more
Coming of Age focuses on five years in Mead’s young life when she began to question the traditional attitudes toward sex, courtship and marriage that dominated the early 20th century.The story begins in 1921, when Mead is a young woman of twenty and a student ... read more
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, tucked away in upstate New York in a small town called Cooperstown, is far from any major media market or big league stadium. Yet no sports hall of fame’s membership is so hallowed, nor its qualifications so debat... read more
Unbeknownst to most people even now, the election of 1968 placed the patron saint of the Mafia in the White House. In other words, Richard Nixon would go on to not only lead a criminal presidency; he would be totally indebted to our nation’s top mobsters.By 19... read more
The untold history of Beverly Hills and how, against all odds, it remained an independent, exclusive, and glamorous enclave through the efforts of Hollywood’s film pioneers.If you look at a map of the sprawling city lines of Los Angeles, you’ll notice a distin... read more
What are the two most important days in your life? "The day you are born and the day you find out why," Mark Twain famously wrote.The search for happiness is hardwired in our DNA. It transcends age, gender, geography, vocation, and personal circumstances. But ... read more
As the last Don of the Philadelphia mob, Ralph Natale, the first-ever mob boss to turn state’s evidence, provides an insider’s perspective on the mafia. Natale’s reign atop the Philadelphia and New Jersey underworlds brought the region’s mafia back to prominen... read more
This is the story of an author and his apprentice. It is the story of literary influence and tragedy. It is also the story of incarceration in America.Norman Mailer was writing The Executioner’s Song, his novel about condemned killer Gary Gilmore, when he stru... read more
“A definitive guide to astronomy’s hottest field.” —The EconomistSince its formation nearly five billion years ago, our planet has been the sole living world in a vast and silent universe. But over the past two decades, astronomers have discovered thousands of... read more
"One of the best books of the year. Passionate, practical and powerful, Todd will help you do more and do it better, starting right now." - Seth Godin, author of The Icarus DeceptionMost of us fill our days with frantic activity, bouncing from task to task, sc... read more
“If I tell you the truth, if I tell it with a story, and if I tell that story with pictures, I can keep you glued to your seat. Let me show you how.”For the vast majority of us, giving a presentation is an extremely difficult and nerve-wracking process, whethe... read more
As technology races ahead, what will people do better than computers?What hope will there be for us when computers can drive cars better than humans, predict Supreme Court decisions better than legal experts, identify faces, scurry helpfully around offices and... read more
“Commodity players are a shrewd and indomitable lot. And the contracts they trade are still so loosely regulated that the correct combination of money and skill creates irresistible opportunity. That’s why I’m only half joking when I call them the secret club ... read more
“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?” In t... read more
The New York Times bestseller – with a new afterword about early specialization in youth sports.The debate is as old as physical competition. Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respectiv... read more
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