Michael Huber

Michael Huber – Editor

Editing services for authors (fiction and nonfiction), scholars, publishers, businesses, self-publishers.

Overview

Michael Huber is owner and founder of the Millionth Monkey editing service. Michael has been an editor and staff writer at The Chicago Sun-Times, The (Louisville) Courier-Journal, and The Miami Herald. He was a journalism professor at Florida International University and associate director of the Knight Foundation’s Project for Writing in Journalism. He is co-author of the college textbook "Words Into Flesh: How to Think Like a Writer." Michael holds B.A., M.A. and J.D. (magna cum laude) degrees. He was Editor-in-Chief of The University of Miami Law Review and Executive Editor of The Daily Business Review. Michael also is a licensed attorney. Millionth Monkey provides professional editing services for authors (fiction and nonfiction), publishers, scholars, self-publishers, businesses, law firms, and website designers.
Services
Fiction
Anthologies Cultural & Ethnic Fantasy Humor & Comedy Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Picture Books Romance Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Architecture Art Biographies & Memoirs Business & Management Design Economics Education & Reference Entertainment History Humanities & Social Sciences Law Music Photography Political Science & Current Affairs Technology Travel Writing & Publishing
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  •     Gerald Loeb Award Finalist
  •     Pulitzer Prize nominee
  •     Florida Society of Newspaper Editors Awards (two first-place awards) 
  •     Illinois Press Association Award
  •     Illinois Associated Press Editors Association Award

Work experience

Millionth Monkey, Inc.

Aug, 2012 — Present
Proprietor of a professional editing service for authors (fiction and nonfiction), publishers, scholars, self-publishers, businesses, website designers, nonprofits, attorneys and anyone else who appreciates that, when the stakes are high, the prose must be clear, clean and crisp.

www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-f-huber/3a/a8a/9a7

Jun, 1977 — Aug, 2012 (about 35 years)
Please see resume at www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-f-huber/3a/a8a/9a7

Portfolio

Chucky Taylor is the American son of the infamous African dictator Charles Taylor. Raised by his mother in the Florida suburbs, at the age of 17 he followed his father to Liberia, where he ended up leading a murderous militia. Chucky is now in a federal penite... read more
Focusing on the deep essentials common to all good writing, this text provides a psychological and philosophical discovery of how writers think. It teaches writers of all experience levels how to use their creativity and imaginations to generate endless ideas ... read more
"Mother Fracker" is a cautionary tale straight out of today's headlines. Imagine fracking for natural gas showing up one day right next door in a place like pristine, rural Rappahannock County, Va. That's what happens to Tip Tyler, a former environmental journ... read more
Das Haus (The House) in East Berlin is the true story of two German families – one Jewish, the other not – whose paths first crossed in Nazi Germany and 70 years later again in the United States in the quest to have a house, which was located in the former Eas... read more

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