Nancy Brandwein

Nancy Brandwein – Editor

I have 20+ years experience editing business and self-help, making complex topics engaging by helping you develop compelling narratives.

Overview

I'm a seasoned development editor who is particularly adept at working on problem nonfiction manuscripts–books that need a big picture perspective and organizational help–and on genre fiction, including thrillers and women's fiction.

Both as a freelancer and an in-house editor for several publishing houses, I have edited self-help and business titles on a variety of topics. I also have experience editing badly translated titles or works by non-native English speakers into premium English. More recently I have development edited genre fiction for Amazon's publishing imprints and for private clients.

"Nancy... is a valued resource partner for our company, Girl Friday Productions. She is an extremely skilled line editor, a thoughtful and diligent developmental editor, and an excellent writer. She's worked on a variety of projects for us--from a curriculum guide to a line edit of a novel to a developmental edit of a book proposal. Nancy is very conscientious and a pleasure to work with. I always trust that our clients will get the very best when they work with Nancy." --Ingrid Emerick, CEO/CFO, Girl Friday Productions

"Nancy worked with me on my book Whole Earth Economics [Endangered Economies], both helping to structure the project overall and also doing detailed editing. She made an immense difference! The result is a book that is much more focused and more coherent, with a clear theme throughout. And one that is also better written sentence by sentence. She was great to work with, and I’ll certainly work with her on my next project."
--Geoffrey Heal, Donald C. Waite III Professor of Social Enterprise, Columbia Business School
Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Education & Reference Finance & Accounting Psychology Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Mar, 1993 — Present

Since starting my own business in 1993, I have successfully completed projects for business and law school professors, consultancies, textbook publishers, magazines and newspapers, adult and children's trade publishers and direct marketing agencies. I am a quick study, facile in a variety of writing styles and topics, and my clients prize my ability to grasp the big picture and tease out a compelling narrative arc from complex source material and tangled narrative threads.

Seal Press

Oct, 1991 — Mar, 1993 (over 1 year)

Developed and carried out marketing and publicity plans for twenty-five titles a year at this award-winning feminist literary press

Peter Bedrick Books

Mar, 1988 — Mar, 1991 (about 3 years)

Developed and carried out marketing and publicity plans for 30 children’s and adult titles per year. Sold book club rights for 17 titles to major book clubs

Amacom Books, The American Management Association

Mar, 1986 — Mar, 1988 (about 2 years)

Acquired 25 trade titles in the areas of managerial self-development, careers and small business management. Launched a series of ten “Little Black Books,” a series for refreshing managers’ basic business skills, which was adopted by all three business book clubs.

Portfolio

Chaperoned

Dora Heldt

When an old friend invites her to help renovate a bar in a posh resort town, single gal Christine immediately agrees, anticipating two blissful weeks of sun, cocktails, and gorgeous men. Her excitement is short-lived, however, thanks in no small part to her ov... read more
Highlights test taking strategies, lists five hundred words and fifty math concepts most likely to appear on the exam, and offers an unofficial practice SAT test with answer key
Psychology: Concepts and Applications

Charles G. Morris Professor Emeritus

Presents a scientific, accurate, and concise overview of the essential concepts within the field of psychology in a stayle and gormat that is easy for students to comprehend and learn from. Psychology: Concepts and Applications is designed specificallly for in... read more
0716V-4, 0-13-107169-6, Slater, Jeffrey, College Accounting 1-12 and Study Guide and Working Papers and DVD and Envelope Package, 9/E// Increase your understanding of accounting concepts! This book motivates learners and helps assess comprehension of accountin... read more
Written by two experienced lesbian therapists and parents, this second edition of Lesbian Parenting has been updated to reflect the contemporary cultural and political landscape, as well as current trends in parenting. Drawing on the real-life experiences of l... read more
Describes the advantages and problems of unrelated adults sharing a house and the responsibilities of managing it
Dying to Remember

Glen Apseloff

When Dr. Christopher Barnes awakens from a coma, his world lies in pieces. A neurotoxin has left the surgeon with a rare form of amnesia that prevents him from forming new memories. Any new information vanishes within moments.Then he learns that his wife has b... read more
Imparting a ton of practical advice and wisdom gained through over forty years of civic activism, Rex Burkholder has written a guidebook for people who care about people. The Activist’s Toolkit is a new, creative approach to leadership, focusing on how to be e... read more
Kade Sims was a successful army intelligence officer until his hypomania disorder and impulsive behavior resulted in his discharge. Forced to adapt to a sedate civilian existence, he’d all but given up on a life of service. That is, until opportunity—and an FB... read more
Tidal Shift

Dora Heldt

To Christine, her Aunt Inge and Uncle Walter are reliable fixtures in the family, dependable and destined to be together forever. So when she spies Inge in the company of a man who is most certainly not her husband, life as Christine knows it takes a turn for ... read more
Younger

Suzanne Munshower

When PR pro Anna Wallingham gets dumped by her last client, she finds herself running out of options in LA, where looks trump experience. Desperate to prove she is still relevant, the fiftysomething accepts a shady job offer from Pierre Barton, secretive billi... read more
This is the 12th edition of 'Marketing Management' which preserves the strengths of previous editions while introducing new material and structure to further enhance learning.
In the decades since Geoffrey Heal began his field-defining work in environmental economics, one central question has animated his research: "Can we save our environment and grow our economy?" This issue has become only more urgent in recent years with the thr... read more
An Amazon Charts and Wall Street Journal bestseller.Dear Luke,First let me say—I love you…I didn’t want to leave you…Luke Richardson has returned home after burying Natalie, his beloved wife of sixteen years, ready to face the hard job of raising their three c... read more
Wreckage

Emily Bleeker

Lillian Linden is a liar. On the surface, she looks like a brave survivor of a plane crash. But she’s been lying to her family, her friends, and the whole world since rescue helicopters scooped her and her fellow survivor, Dave Hall, off a deserted island in t... read more

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