Overview
“Over the past 3 years, Chronicle Books has been our true partner in conceiving and bringing the incredibly complex 360 Sound: The History of Columbia Records to fruition. Leigh Saffold, our editor, gave spot-on advice and edits to the authors of the books. Both said that Leigh’s markups were the best they had ever gotten.”I've spent the past 15 years editing and project managing books for BluePen, Chronicle Books, Parallax Press, and UH Press in categories including alternative health, art and gift, food and drink, literary anthologies, company biographies, mindfulness, memoirs, and more. I took a circuitous path into book publishing; after graduating from UC Berkeley in Comparative Literature, I started my first career as an elementary school teacher. From there my love of writing naturally led to developing K-12 curriculum, and eventually to journalism where I wrote news for the local NPR affiliate station. I went on to pursue a master’s degree in Literature and Creative Writing at the University of Hawai’i. There I won the literary publishing fellowship and spent four years learning the artistry and grace of editing before moving back to the Bay Area.
Services
Fiction
Anthologies
Non-Fiction
Architecture
Art
Biographies & Memoirs
Calendars
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
Design
Education & Reference
Health & Wellbeing
Parenting & Families
Photography
Religion & Spirituality
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Languages
English (US)
Work experience
Self-employed
Jul, 2015 —
Present
Chronicle Books
Jul, 2010 —
Jul, 2015
(about 5 years)
Parallax Press
Jul, 2006 —
Jul, 2010
(almost 4 years)
Manoa Journal, University of Hawai'i Press
Aug, 2002 —
Jun, 2006
(almost 4 years)
Portfolio
Based on Dharma talks by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh and insights from participants in retreats for healing the inner child, this book is an exciting contribution to the growing trend of using Buddhist practices to encourage mental health and wellness. Reconcil... read more
product is in excellent condition no writing in it, the cover looks very good.
Based on four retreats that Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh led specifically for people of color, this book is for people of all colors, backgrounds, and experiences who have ever felt excluded or alienated, or anyone concerned with issues of social justice. Althou... read more
Raising Eyebrows: Your Personal Guide to Fabulous Brows
Book by The Editors at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Author), Wynton Marsalis (Narrator)
This volume highlights contemporary literature from throughout the Pacific hemisphere, featuring prose by writers from the Philippines, Malaysia, the People's Republic of China, Korea, and the US, including Native Americans and Pacific islanders.
This wonderful and engaging story gives children and caregivers a concrete practice for dealing with anger and other difficult emotions. In Anh’s Anger, five-year-old Anh becomes enraged when his grandfather asks him to stop playing and come to the dinner tabl... read more
For 125 years, Columbia Records has remained one of the most vibrant and storied names in prerecorded sound, nurturing the careers of legends such as Bessie Smith, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Miles Davis, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Bruce Springsteen, Beyoncé... read more
