I am a tireless collaborator with 6 years of editorial experience at OUP, primarily in culinary history but with success across non-fiction.
Conceived, commissioned, and now editing four high profile food and drink-related encyclopedias: The Oxford Companion to Spirits and Cocktails, The Oxford Companion to Sweets, The Oxford Companion to Cheese, and Savoring Gotham, about the history of NYC food.
Collaborated with Joyce Carol Oates on The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, second edition, with stories by sixty well-known authors, living and deceased.
Oversaw several atlases, including the perennial holiday gift favorite Oxford Atlas of the World
U.S. editorial lead for OxfordReference.com, an online repository for print encyclopedias.
Lead editor on the project team responsible for the content and appearance of Encyclopedia of Social Work (socialwork.oxfordre.com), a website for social work practitioners and academics.
Shaped departmental publishing priorities as a member of the acquisitions editorial team deciding which online and print ventures to pursue.
Edited The Oxford Companion to Beer, with Garrett Oliver (Brewmaster, Brooklyn Brewery) and 165 authors. Oxford’s number one seller in 2011 worldwide.
Collaborated with the Country Music Hall of Fame on The Encyclopedia of Country Music.
Edited Sharp’s Dictionary of Power and Struggle, by the non-violence activist Gene Sharp.
Commissioning editor for Major Reference Works, an initiative to build online scholarly encyclopedias in numerous academic disciplines.
Managed Philosophy and International Relations modules in OxfordBibliographies.com, subject-specific collections of annotated bibliographies for students and scholars.
Oversaw young adult reference list, including bestselling textbook series A History of US.
Provided administrative and editorial support to the Executive Editor and to the department.
1st Place Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category.For millennia, beer has been a favorite beverage in cultures across the globe. After water and tea, it is the most popular drink in the world, and it is at the center of a $450 billion industry.Edited by Garrett Oliver, the James Beard Winner for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional, this is the f... read more
A sweet tooth is a powerful thing. Babies everywhere seem to smile when tasting sweetness for the first time, a trait inherited, perhaps, from our ancestors who foraged for sweet foods that were generally safer to eat than their bitter counterparts. But the "science of sweet" is only the beginning of a fascinating story, because it is not basic human need or simple biological impulse that prom... read more
Dr. Marion Nestle
Sodas are astonishing products. Little more than flavored sugar-water, these drinks cost practically nothing to produce or buy, yet have turned their makers--principally Coca-Cola and PepsiCo--into a multibillion-dollar industry with global recognition, distribution, and political power. Billed as "refreshing," "tasty," "crisp," and "the real thing," sodas also happen to be so well established... read more
When it comes to food, there has never been another city quite like New York. The Big Apple--a telling nickname--is the city of 50,000 eateries, of fish wriggling in Chinatown baskets, huge pastrami sandwiches on rye, fizzy egg creams, and frosted black and whites. It is home to possibly the densest concentration of ethnic and regional food establishments in the world, from German and Jewish d... read more
Bryan Garner
This new edition of Garner's Dictionary of Legal Usage discusses and analyzes modern legal vocabulary and style more thoroughly than any other contemporary reference work. Since the first edition, Bryan A. Garner has drawn on his unrivaled experience as a legal editor to refine his position on legal usage. The new Third Edition remains indispensable: Garner has updated entries throughout, whil... read more
Immediately upon publication in 1998, the Encyclopedia of Country Music became a much-loved reference source, prized for the wealth of information it contained on that most American of musical genres. Countless fans have used it as the source for answers to questions about everything from country's first commercially successful recording, to the genre's pioneering music videos, to what conjunt... read more
From the 494 B.C. plebeians' march out of Rome to gain improved status, to Gandhi's nonviolent campaigns in India, to the liberation of Poland and the Baltic nations, and the revolutions in North Africa, nonviolent struggles have played pivotal roles in world events for centuries. Sharp's Dictionary of Power and Struggle is a groundbreaking reference work on this topic by the "godfather of non... read more
In its first two editions, The Winning Brief explained the art of effective writing in 100 concise, practical, and easy-to-use tips, proving that the key to writing well is to understand the judicial readership. This third edition of Bryan A. Garner's modern classic delivers the same invaluable guidelines with even more supporting evidence. Covering everything from the rules for planning and o... read more
In The Oxford Book of American Short Stories, Joyce Carol Oates offers a sweeping survey of American short fiction, in a collection of nearly sixty tales that combines classic works with many "different, unexpected" gems, and that invites readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Some selections simply can't be improved on, Oates admits, and she happily inc... read more
Bryan Garner
With more than a thousand new entries and more than 2,300 word-frequency ratios, the magisterial fourth edition of this book-now renamed Garner's Modern English Usage (GMEU)-reflects usage lexicography at its finest. Garner explains the nuances of grammar and vocabulary with thoroughness, finesse, and wit. He discourages whatever is slovenly, pretentious, or pedantic. GMEU is the liveliest and... read more
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