I work with publishers and also directly with authors to develop, shape and refine manuscripts. The hallmark of my work is clarity. The governing principle of my approach to editing is to leave the writer's voice intact.

On both fiction and nonfiction projects, I address substantive and conceptual issues as well as stylistic details. I will suggest changes in plot, character, and organization. My aim is to help each client produce the book he or she intended to write by getting it into its optimal form. Often, I coach my clients on how to revise their own work.

I'm especially good at getting to the essence of a problem and coming up with a creative solution.

"Her ability to get completely inside the head of an author while maintaining the critical sensibility of an editor is uncanny." --Fran McCullough; "An unusually sympathetic but tough-minded critic who could provide guidance to any author. A first-class mind." --Hugh Van Dusen; "A book doctor to match an editor's dream."--Larry Ashmead; "Clear-headed, eagle-eyed, and gifted with perfect pitch."--Rick Kot; "'Editor' or 'book doctor' don't suffice to describe Alice Rosengard; maybe 'magician' comes closer to the mark."--Eamon Dolan

George C. Daughan: IF BY SEA: The Forging of the American Navy--From the Revolution to the War of 1812 (Basic Books, May 2008) (Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature)
Kathleen Reid: A PAGE OUT OF LIFE (Berkley Books, May 2008)
Robert Calderisi: THE TROUBLE WITH AFRICA: Why Foreign Aid Isn't Working (Palgrave Macmillan, March 2006)
Kathleen Reid: PARIS MATCH (Kensington Books, January 2004)

Larry Sloman: STEAL THIS DREAM: Abbie Hoffman and the Countercultural Revolution in America
Steven Ungerleider, Ph.D.: FAUST'S GOLD: Inside the East German Doping Machine (Rodale Press/Runner's World Award for Best Sports Book of 2001)
Martha Rose Shulman: THE VEGETARIAN FEAST (Tastemaker Award)
Stephen Mitchell: MEETINGS WITH THE ARCHANGEL
Michael S. Schneider: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO CONSTRUCTING THE UNIVERSE: The Mathematical Archetypes of Nature, Art, and Science

19 years on staff of adult trade editorial division of HarperCollins Publishers; 18 years as a freelancer.

I am a member of Words into Print, an independent editors' group (www.wordsintoprint.org).