Glenn McMahan – Editor

** I do not work on any book that involves AI. Don't bother asking.

I am proficient with developmental editing, line editing, copy editing, and proofreading. My editing skills were first honed as a magazine and newspaper journalist. I work extensively with scholarly authors including at London School of Economics, Harvard University, Princeton University, U.C. Berkeley, and the University of Toronto (see list below). My books have been published by Harvard University Press, and MIT Press, to name a few.

As the lead editor at Upriver Press, I edit and publish scholarly nonfiction books, usually written by PhDs. The books focus on critical issues such as Social Security reform, media literacy and democracy, economic inequality, and the economics of international development, among others.

In 2026 (so far), I edited and published (through Upriver Press) "Messy Jobs: The Work That AI Cannot Reach" by three prominent economists (London School of Economics). The book is endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning economist and professor at Harvard Business School.

In 2025, I edited and published six books through Upriver Press, which are shown below.

In April 2023, I completed the developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading and indexing of "Disrupting Racism: Essays by an Asian American Prodigy Professor." This book, published by Endeavor Literary Press, was endorsed by two Nobel Prize-winning economists.

In March 2023, I provided the full index for "A Crash Course on Crises" by Princeton University economist Marcus Brunnermeier, published by Princeton University Press.

In November 2022 I edited and published a beautiful memoir titled "Soldier On: A Woman's Memoir of Resilience and Hope." This book is offers reflections on the challenges of being professional woman, wife, and mother of a disabled child.

In April 2022 Harvard University Press launched "Democratizing Finance: The Radical Promise of Fintech," which I edited for author and Harvard economist Marion Laboure. The book is endorsed by Nobel Prize-winning economists Lawrence Summers and Kenneth Rogoff.

In August 2021 I edited and published "The Resilient Society" by Princeton University economist Markus Brunnermeier. This book made the "Best Books of the Year 2021" list published by the Financial Times in London and was awarded "Best Economics Book 2021" at the Frankfurt Book Fair. It was endorsed by two Nobel Prize winners, Robert Shiller and Angus Deaton.

Also in 2021, I edited "The Pandemic Information Solution: Overcoming the Brutal Economics of Covid-19" (Endeavor Literary Press), by University of Toronto economist and MIT Press author Joshua Gans. I also edited a "In Pursuit of the Almost" by poet Phil Ginsburg.

In 2020, I provided the copyediting and proofreading for the MIT Press book titled "Innovation Matters," by Dr. Richard Gilbert, a UC Berkeley economist and former deputy attorney general.

In 2015, I graduated from the University of Denver Publishing Institute. I hold a master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland and a bachelor's degree in English from Metropolitan State University of Denver.

As a journalist, I worked for the American Journalism Review, Capital News Service, and The Frederick News-Post.