Overview
Developmental editor and publishing consultant Stephanie G. is a 39-year veteran of the mainstream and self-publishing industries, often specializing in books on the topics of health, spirituality, and personal growth. Her creative endeavors are dedicated to individual empowerment and the conscious evolution of humankind. Her clients have included publishing firms, literary agencies, small presses, and entrepreneurs.
Formerly a senior editor at Bantam Doubleday Dell and an associate editor at HarperCollins Publishers, she has worked on books by numerous New York Times and national bestselling authors, including Gregg Braden, Hale Dwoskin, Marlo Morgan, Ruby Payne, Arielle Ford, Thomas Moore, Stephen Mitchell, and Ruth Montgomery.
Books Stephanie has ghosted and cowritten have been published by companies that include HarperCollins Publishers, HarperOne, Hay House, New World Library, Harmony Books, Three Rivers Press, Broadway Books, New Page, McGraw-Hill, Jossey-Bass, Putnam Perigee, and Health Communications Inc. She has edited hundreds of books and is an excellent coach for authors who are serious about doing meaningful work.
In 2012, Stephanie expanded her services to include custom book packaging, providing supported self-publishing services and consultations, as determined on a case-by-case basis, to qualified individuals and organizations. Between 2017 and 2020 (so far) her self-publishing clients have taken home the Nautilus Award, National Indie Excellence Award, American Book Fest Award, Living Now Award, International Book Award, Indie Reader Discovery Award, Indie Book Award--multiple times as both finalists and winners in different categories.
For about two minutes several years ago, she was a professional actor working in theater, film, and television. She is also a raving fan of essential oils, meditation, and energy healing.
A graduate of Amherst College, after close to three decades residing in Manhattan, Stephanie moved to a 140-year-old house on a fertile plot of land in the historic village of Rhinebeck, NY.
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Non-Fiction
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Work experience
Self-employed
New York-based publishing pro Stephanie G. serves her clients by playing a variety of functional roles. These days, she is highly selective about which projects and authors she takes on. She is equally agile and well versed in navigation of mainstream and self-publishing options. Her expertise and experience are deep and grounded. No matter which project Stephanie lends her skills to accomplishing (editing, vetting solutions, and more), her goal is to help her clients realize their personal vision and goals for their books.
Delacorte Press, Bantam Doubleday Dell
Stephanie was recruited by Delacorte/Dell to establish a line of nonfiction health and wellness books published in hardcover, trade paperback, and rack-sized editions. Her specialization was the invention of book series about complementary and alternative medicine, and responding to trends of the day in the self-help industry.
HarperCollins Publishers
Joining the Trade Department at HarperCollins right out of college, Stephanie rose from being assistant to the managing editor, to being an editorial assistant, assistant editor, and then an associate editor--at which point she acquired her first New York Times bestseller and was headhunted to join a different company as a senior editor.
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