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editor : katie.mchugh@perseusbooks.com
Katie McHugh
Da Capo Press / Lifelong Books
http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com

At Da Capo Lifelong Books, we aim to publish books that uniquely inform, entertain, inspire, and above all, improve your life. We publish a broad list of nonfiction titles in wellness categories, including pregnancy and parenting, cooking and food, health, psychology and personal growth, relationships, animals and nature, lifestyle, and more. My colleagues Renee Sedliar and Merloyd Lawrence also acquire for Lifelong Books.

Lifelong Books is also a leading publisher of cookbooks, especially vegan, gluten-free, raw, low-glycemic, and organic diets.

years experience: 10
GENRES & SPECIALTIES
Mind/body/spirit, Health, Lifestyle, Cookbooks, Diet and nutrition, Parenting, Self-help, Organizing and productivity, Inspirational memoir
OTHER TITLES ACQUIRED/EDITED
Some of my recently published titles include:

Beauty/Health
NO MORE DIRTY LOOKS: The Truth about Your Beauty Products and the Ultimate Guide to Safe and Clean Cosmetics by Siobhan O'Connor and Alexandra Spunt

Cooking
APPETITE FOR REDUCTION by Isa Chandra Moskowitz (Jan 2011)
THE GET HEALTHY, GO VEGAN COOKBOOK by Neal Barnard, MD and Robyn Webb
VIVA VEGAN! 200 Authentic and Fabulous Recipes for Latin Food Lovers by Terry Hope Romero
VEGAN COOKIES INVADE YOUR COOKIE JAR by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero
VEGANOMICON: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz & Terry Hope Romero (national bestseller)
YOU WON'T BELIEVE IT'S GLUTEN-FREE! by Roben Ryberg

Diet/Health
THE PINK RIBBON DIET: A Revolutionary New Weight Loss Plan to Lower Your Breast Cancer Risk by Dr. Mary Flynn & Nancy Verde Barr (Oct 2010)
FAT FLUSH FOR LIFE by Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD
THE METABOLISM MIRACLE by Diane Kress, RD (New York Times bestseller)
THE FIRST YEAR: CELIAC DISEASE by Jules E. Dowler Shepard

Inspiration/Memoir
29 GIFTS: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker (New York Times bestseller)
I AM POTENTIAL: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams by Patrick Henry Hughes

Parenting
THE PREEMIE PRIMER by Jennifer Gunter, MD
RAISING CONFIDENT READERS by Dr. J. Richard Gentry
POTTY TRAINING BOYS THE EASY WAY by Dr. Caroline Fertleman & Simone Cave
PARTNERSHIP PARENTING by Kyle Pruett, MD and Marsha Pruett, PhD
YOU'D BE SO PRETTY IF...Teaching Our Daughters to Love Their Bodies--Even When We Don't Love Our Own by Dara Chadwick
10 DAYS TO A LESS DEFIANT CHILD by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD
10 DAYS TO A LESS DISTRACTED CHILD by Jeffrey Bernstein, PhD

Organizing/Productivity
ONE YEAR TO AN ORGANIZED LIFE by Regina Leeds (New York Times bestseller)
ONE YEAR TO AN ORGANIZED FINANCIAL LIFE by Regina Leeds with Russell Wild

Relationships
THE JOY OF MINDFUL SEX by Claudia Blake
A LITTLE BIT MARRIED: How to Know When It's Time to Walk Down the Aisle or Out the Door by Hannah Seligson
GETTING PAST YOUR BREAKUP: How to Turn a Devastating Loss into the Best Thing that Ever Happened to You by Susan Elliott

Science/Self-Help
THE WINNER'S BRAIN by Jeff Brown and Mark Fenske with Liz Neporent, in association with Harvard Health Publications

BEST-KNOWN PROJECTS
29 GIFTS: How a Month of Giving Can Change Your Life by Cami Walker (New York Times bestseller, Books for a Better Life MS Awareness Award winner)

VEGANOMICON: The Ultimate Vegan Cookbook by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero (national bestseller)

VEGAN CUPCAKES TAKE OVER THE WORLD by Isa Chandra Moskowitz and Terry Hope Romero

ONE YEAR TO AN ORGANIZED LIFE by Regina Leeds (New York Times bestseller)

FAT FLUSH FOR LIFE by Ann Louise Gittleman, PhD (New York Times-bestselling author)

PREVIOUS PUBLISHING EXPERIENCE
Prior to joining Da Capo, I've been an acquiring editor for Marlowe & Company at Avalon Publishing Group, Three Rivers Press at Random House, and Perigee Books at Penguin Group (USA).
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