Overview
I am an editor and book developer with more than 20 years experience. I've created books for the Metropolitan Museum of Art and developed nearly 50 new titles for children and adults at Rockport Publications with a focus on art, craft, creativity, and STEAM and STEM learning . Writing how-to instruction is one of my specialties. I've also created books in the fields of cooking and nutrition, gardening and natural medicine, history and religion.
Services
Non-Fiction
Antiques & Collectibles
Art
Children’s Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
DIY & Crafts
Fashion & Textiles
Home & Garden
Nature
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Ziga Media
Sep, 2018 —
Present
Rockport Publishers
Oct, 2014 —
Aug, 2018
(almost 4 years)
In four years at Rockport, I developed fifty books in the fields of art, design, crafts, children's creativity, and STEAM learning.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Apr, 1998 —
Jun, 2005
(about 7 years)
Developed, wrote, and edited books based on the Museum's collections. Many of these were for children.
Reader's Digest General Books
Nov, 1991 —
Apr, 1998
(over 6 years)
Developed and edited books in the fields of history, religion, cooking, natural medicine, crafts, gardening
Time-Life Books
Oct, 1989 —
Nov, 1991
(about 2 years)
Co-wrote a 20-volume series called American Country on the topics of folk art, cooking, crafts, decorating, holidays, and historic houses
Portfolio
Offers hints, tips, and professional secrets from well-known chefs for fixing cooking mistakes and creating faultless meals, and includes nearly four hundred recipes as well as substitute ingredients and advice on reducing fat and cholesterol in recipes.
Learn to create classic block print patterns for greeting cards, wallpaper, book illustrations and more with Andrea Lauren's easy step-by-step instruction!Artist and Designer Lauren shows you simple techniques for creating your own printing blocks out of art-f... read more
Writing is cooler in cursive, and Creative Adventures in Cursive gives kids ideas for practicing writing skills, then guides them into cursive creativity. As many educators will attest, writing in cursive provides cognitive benefits in spelling, memory, readin... read more
Be inspired and delighted by Collage Workshop for Kids, a colorful art instruction book on collage techniques for children—made in cooperation with The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art.Collage Workshop for Kids pairs essays by educators from The Eric Carl... read more
Rockport Publishing's creative engineering extraordinaire, Lance Akiyama, returns again with The Zoom, Fly, Bolt, Blast STEAM Handbook, featuring 18 STEAM projects to get kids doing, thinking, and building! There is new emphasis in education to introduce STEM ... read more
Museum ABC is a unique and colorful picture book that introduces children to more than a hundred works of art, using the alphabet. Adults and children alike will love the visual and cultural richness of this alphabetical tour through the Metropolitan Museum's ... read more
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents a diverse collection of twenty well-known paintings which show how, through the centuries, artists have hidden small details to be discovered by curious eyes.
Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art, presents a diverse collection of nineteen well-known paintings which show how, through the centuries, artists have hidden small details to be discovered by curious eyes.
Santa Fe nature artist Geninne D Zlatkis is well-known on Instagram and Pinterest for her charming paintings and collages of birds. In Geninne's Art: Birds in Watercolor, Collage, and Ink, for the first time, she offers her fans a field guide to her art proces... read more
The only color guide a designer will ever need; The Complete Color Harmony, Pantone Edition has been completely updated with Pantone colors and new text.The Complete Color Harmony: Pantone Edition is the latest in Rockport Publishers' best-selling Color series... read more
Learn to draw beautiful flowers from the old masters with some help from Classic Sketchbook: Botanicals. Improve your skills by learning techniques on one page, and practicing on the next page.Imagine learning to draw roses with Redoute, or tulips with Pieter ... read more
You don't have to be a genius to create these ingenious contraptions, you just need rubber bands, glue, paperclips, and Rubber Band Engineer, of course. Shooting far, flying high, and delivering way more exciting results than expected are the goals of the gadg... read more
Designer, author, educator Timothy Samara is a world authority on type and graphic design. His 2004 Rockport book, Typography Workbook has become an essential reference text for design classrooms and industry professionals. Now, in Letter Forms: The Design of ... read more
Calligraphic Drawing, written and illustrated by artist Schin Loong, is a step-by-step guide to the pictorial side of calligraphy. Learn how to make calligraphic flourishes, then apply the technique to draw 15 different flourished animals. You'll also find ins... read more
Capture your subjects on paper like never before. Look Closer, Draw Better will transform the way you see the subjects of your artwork, lighting the way with practical techniques in a range of mediums. Are you looking to make a leap in the quality of your artw... read more
Block Print Magic is an essential guide to the techniques of linoleum block printing, with step-by-step images and a gallery of finished works for inspiration and visual demonstration. Block Print Magic is the perfect reference for a wide range of printmaking ... read more
Brought to you by the instructors at the Center for Book Arts, Bookforms is a comprehensive guide for making books by hand with a focus on functionality in design. Written by the experts at the Center for Book Arts in New York, Bookforms presents all the instr... read more
In Handbuilt, A Potter's Guide, pottery expert Melissa Weiss shows you the basics of crafting without a wheel, how to harvest and work wild clay, and using natural glazes. Handbuilt pottery is the perfect way for new potters to dive into this unique medium bec... read more
Leonardo’s Art Workshop leads children on an interactive adventure through key art concepts by following the multidisciplinary approach of the Renaissance period polymath Leonardo da Vinci: experimenting, creating projects, and exploring how art intersects wit... read more
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