Peter Kupfer

Peter Kupfer – Editor

Meticulous copyeditor with 20+ years experience working with nonfiction writers; specializing in memoir, biography and journalism.

Overview

Award-winning journalist with extensive experience writing and editing books, newspaper and magazine articles, websites, and other publications. My mission is to work with the author to present his or her work as clearly, concisely, and compellingly as possible, while always respecting their unique voice. I specialize in nonfiction, particularly memoir, biography, and journalism. Business, technology, arts, and culture are areas of particular interest. I was a copyeditor for 14 years at the San Francisco Chronicle, and before that a business reporter and editor at United Press International in New York. My freelance writing has appeared in leading newspapers, magazines, and websites, including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Observer, and Metropolis magazine. I am currently working on a memoir about my father.
Services
Non-Fiction
Architecture Art Biographies & Memoirs Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits Design History LGBTQ Non-Fiction Technology
Languages
English (US)
Awards
  • Associated Press Community Service Award
  • Society of Professional Journalists Investigative Reporting Award
Certifications
  • M.S. Journalism / Columbia University

Work experience

Self-employed

Sep, 2006 — Present

Freelance writer and copyeditor for numerous corporations, nonprofits and news organizations. Clients have included Google, Robert Half International, Business for Social Responsibility, TechSoup and Hardscratch Press. My articles on business and technology, arts and culture, travel, and other topics have appeared in the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New York Observer, San Francisco Chronicle, and Metropolis magazine, among many other publications.

Google

Sep, 2017 — Jan, 2018 (4 months)

Wrote articles about cloud computing for Google under a contract with Beyond, a San Francisco-based design and technology company.

Hardscratch Press

Jun, 2010 — Jun, 2014 (about 4 years)

Copyedited several books, including Unga Island Girl: Ruth's Book by Jacquelin Ruth Benson Pels; Family After All, by Raymond L. Hudson; and Any Tonnage, Any Ocean: Conversations With a Resolute Alaskan, by Walter Jackinsky.

San Francisco Chronicle

Jan, 1992 — Sep, 2006 (over 14 years)

Copyeditor in the Foreign/National, Business, and Arts and Culture departments.

United Press International (UPI)

Mar, 1990 — Jan, 1992 (almost 2 years)

Business editor and writer for UPI, an international news service. Worked with correspondents in the U.S. and around the world.

Portfolio

The Jesse Lee story opens in the Aleutian Islands with the arrival of well-meaning 19th-century missionaries intent on delivering salvation and "civilization" to a proud people. Volume I tells of an institution founded in conflict and dissension that grew into... read more
The Art of Hiring Leaders: A Guide for Nonprofit Organizations describes the executive transition process beginning with the board, through all the steps of the search process including a chapter on bringing a new executive into the organization successfully. ... read more
Unga Island Girl: Ruth's Book

Jacquelin Ruth Benson Pels

Book by Pels, Jacquelin Ruth Benson, Soberg, Ruth Lauritzen Benson
Walter Jackinsky has spent most of his 88 years on the water. Any Tonnage, Any Ocean melds family drama and Native history, zest for travel and deep roots in the home place. The title refers to Captain Jackinsky's hard-won master mariner's license. Even more i... read more
A century before Lance Armstrong captured headlines around the world by winning a record seventh consecutive Tour de France, another American dominated the world of competitive cycling. His name was Bobby Walthour, and in the early 1900s he was one of the worl... read more

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