Stephanie Gunning – Editor

Developmental editor and publishing consultant Stephanie G. is a 41-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, and Howard Falco.

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.