Michael Zierler – Editor

In 2026, except for small proofreading or copy editing projects, I am booked until early September. If your timeline is flexible, please reach out and let's talk about how we might work together.

With more than twelve years experience as an educator and research scientist, more than twenty-nine as an editor and community leader, and recently, six years as a writer, I bring wide-ranging knowledge and a well honed set of skills to every project. My passion is engaging people in the beauty and creativity of human endeavors, especially science. I love to help authors marry their text and art so that the two complement one another beautifully.

My clients over the years include WW Norton, WH Freeman/Macmillan, Oxford University Press, Johns Hopkins University Press, MIT Press, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Garland Science, Roberts & Company, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, and multiple satisfied authors who contacted me through Reedsy and elsewhere.

I am an avid reader of science fiction, general interest science, urban planning, and history. I raise Newfoundlands, love to cook and bake, especially bread, and have begun tackling the world of woodworking.

Whether you are working on a book about science, medicine, dogs, cooking, local government, land use, or many other topics, it would be my pleasure to help you create an amazing book.