Emily Klopfer – Editor

I was born and raised in Alaska, and as you may know, in the winter time it gets dark...and cold. And since I was an only child, I read voraciously for entertainment. That love of books followed me to Yale University where I graduated with a B.A. in English and specialized in Children's Literature; I was even allowed to write the first fifty pages of a Young Adult novel for my thesis! I then went on to the Columbia Publishing Course in New York (again, working with Children's Literature), and began working at Bloomsbury Publishing a month after the course ended. I worked as an Editorial Assistant in the Children's Books department and had an incredible experience arguing with co-workers which powers magical unicorns should have, and how much cleavage on a Young Adult novel cover was too much cleavage. Those stories aside, I did gain great experience with the publishing world, and had the wonderful opportunity to work with New York Times bestselling authors and helping shape their books from the ground up. I took this experience to my freelance editing business, where I was offered an opportunity to edit a series of picture books being published by Starry Forest. This has since grown to where I have a client base myself and have now worked on everything from memoirs to plays to novels to essays, spanning everything from the children's to the adult genre.I still read everything that comes across my desk with the same tenacity as those books I read as a child, and I want to bring that level of excitement and dedication to your story. I know how hard it is to write a book, both because I've written one, and because I've seen the publishing industry from the inside, and I want to do all I can to help make the process just a little less stressful for you. Thanks so much for checking out my profile, and I look forward to hearing from you!