Overview
Testimonials from clients and authors:
"I want to send my thanks to you for the superlative copy edit. Your insights and suggestions are spot-on, and at many turns you've helped make the book a better and more accurate read." —Jas Obrecht, author of Talking Guitar: Conversations with Musicians Who Shaped Twentieth-Century American Music
"Thanks for your careful attention to my manuscript. I appreciate all the great catches." —Silas House, author of Southernmost
"Matthew made a lot of great catches, finding mistakes I’d made, and I’m most grateful. He also made a lot of great tweaks, improving sentences, and clarifying meaning." —Stacy Horn, author of Damnation Island
"Thank you so much for an incredibly smart and careful editing job! You have made the book immeasurably better and I'm grateful." —Amy Gash, Senior Editor at Algonquin Books
AWARDS won by books for which I have provided developmental editing support:
- 2022 Gilbert Chinard Book Prize, presented by the Society for French Historical Studies
- 2022 Award for the Best Historical Research on Recorded Jazz category, presented by the Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence in Historical Sound Research
**Please see the gallery below for acknowledgments from books in print.**
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Fiction
Languages
Certifications
- BA, New York University
- PhD, Duke University
Work experience
Self-employed
Copy editing (light to heavy); developmental editing on book manuscripts, journal articles, and book chapters; content creation for textbook supplements; proofreading; fact-checking; formatting (citations and bibliography); clients include Harper Wave Books, Algonquin Books, Turtle Point Press, UNC Press, Duke Univ. Press, Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, Univ. of Arkansas Press, New Mexico Magazine, MPS North America, tenured and junior scholars at universities in the U.S. and Canada.
UNC Press
Communications-focused, deadline-driven publicity operations at a publisher that releases 100+ books per year
• Preparing, copyediting, and updating publicity materials, according to house style
• Coordinating and executing large-scale mailings to media outlets and business partners
Duke University
Primary instructor of undergraduate classes; teaching assistant for large lecture courses; designed course syllabi; courses included particular emphasis on developing writing skills
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Jul, 2020