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!