Jesse Doogan – Editor

I am a writer and editor with fifteen years of experience in the book and magazine industry. I have developed products, written manuscripts, and edited for well-known brands and New York Times-bestselling authors. I have worked as a bookseller and bookstore manager, and I am great at matching up books to readers, and that includes editors and agents! Let me help you craft your pitch or shape your manuscript and get it ready for publication.

My editing has been called "an amazing mix of insightful, direct, and kind." I think picture books deserve just as much attention and care as anything written for adults, I want to work with you to tell the best possible story.

I have presented and mentored at conferences such as Write to Publish, Colorado Christian Writers Conference, and Realm Makers and I am passionate about helping writers develop their voice. I hold an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University, where I won the The Frances and Kermit Rudolf Nonfiction Scholarship and the Anne Stickney Schmidt Scholarship in Young People's Literature.

I understand that for some writers, working with AI has become part of their process. I do not use AI in my editing and prefer not to work with writers who use AI as part of their writing process.