Overview
As a designer I am especially drawn to projects that exercise my visual storytelling ability. Whether combining the words of a poet with the right illustrator, distilling a book to its visual essence for a cover, or selecting and sequencing a photographer’s images in a compelling way, it’s been rewarding to play such a creative role in shaping and enhancing narratives. And it's been gratifying to please authors and even win a few awards along the way.
But that’s never been enough. I began my career as a production manager, and throughout it I’ve found just as much satisfaction in that role, guiding raw content to high quality graphic expression on time, under budget, and error free. Effective communication, attention to detail, and precise time management are just a few of the skills I’ve successfully practiced to this purpose. Good humor is another.
From the austerity of simple text on a page to the complexity of highly illustrated layouts, I relish any opportunity to assist authors as they bring their thoughts, ideas, and expertise to the publishing marketplace.
Services
Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
History
Photography
Political Science & Current Affairs
True Crime
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Languages
English
Awards
- Ben Franklin Award
- New England Book Show
- New York Book Show
Work experience
Sterling Hill Productions
Jan, 1997 —
Present
Duties and functions have included: Author/publisher contact; manage and supervise in-house designers and typesetters; assign and support freelance copyeditors, proofreaders, illustrators, photographers, and indexers; design and lay out books and journals across genres ranging from fiction to four color illustrated; print procurement (both domestic and foreign) including print rfps, bid analysis, purchase orders, scheduling and shipping instruction; pre-press including color correction, image manipulation, pdf, preflight, and proof review; press checks; archiving digital assets. Books designed and produced by Sterling Hill have been published by Chelsea Green Publishing, Steerforth Press, Harvard University Press, Times Books, The Lyons Press, Sterling Publishing, Bunker Hill Publishing, HarperCollins, and the Smithsonian Institution, among many others.
Portfolio
Choosing locally grown organic food is a sustainable living trend that’s taken hold throughout North America. Celebrated farming expert Eliot Coleman helped start this movement with The New Organic Grower published 20 years ago. He continues to lead the way, p... read more
During the tumultuous decade before the Civil War, no issue was more divisive than the pursuit and return of fugitive slaves—a practice enforced under the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850. When free Blacks and their abolitionist allies intervened, prosecutions and t... read more
Imperiled Destinies examines the evolution of Daoist beliefs about human liability and redemption over eight centuries and outlines ritual procedures for rescuing an ill‐starred destiny. From the second through the tenth century CE, Daoism emerged as a liturgi... read more
In this entertaining and informative book, Walter Friedman chronicles the remarkable metamorphosis of the American salesman from itinerant amateur to trained expert. From the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of World War II, the development of sales managemen... read more
A book that became an instant classic when it first appeared in 1995, Old Southern Apples is an indispensable reference for fruit lovers everywhere, especially those who live in the southern United States. Out of print for several years, this newly revised and... read more
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Could there ever be an alternative stock exchange dedicated to slow, small, and local? Could a million American families get their food from CSAs? What if you had to invest 50 percent of your assets within 50 miles of where you live?Such questions-at the heart... read more
How could the best and brightest (and most highly paid) in finance crash the global economy and then get us to bail them out as well? What caused this mess in the first place? Housing? Greed? Dumb politicians? What can Main Street do about it? In The Looting o... read more
The Cold War, The Lavender Scare and the Untold Story of Eisenhower's First National Security Advisor."An extraordinary story. . . a gripping, moving tale." -- Evan Thomas, author of Ike's Bluff: President Eisenhower's Secret Battle to Save the World"A histori... read more
A true story from the great age of Arctic exploration of an Inuit boy's struggle for dignity against Robert Peary and the American Museum of Natural History in turn-of-the-century New York City.Sailing aboard a ship called Hope in 1897, celebrated Arctic explo... read more
Read the book that is the inspiration for the major motion picture THE IRISHMAN, directed by Academy Award® winner Martin Scorsese, starring Academy Award® winners Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, and Academy Award® nominee Harvey Keitel, and... read more
