Specialist in all areas of the children's market, from picture book to young adult.

I'm a book editor with forty-eight years in the business, twenty of them on staff at Delacorte/Dell Yearling, Random House, Avon Books and Bantam Books, and now freelance, hired by publishers and by writers directly.

I've created or edited a number of middle-grade and YA series over the years and advise on the process from first idea to roll-out and marketing. I edit, rewrite, and ghostwrite as needed.

I offer a “body of work” consultation: show me anything that hasn’t sold or that you're stuck on and I’ll tell you what’s working, what isn’t working, and will help you get the material into shape for submission or for self-publishing.

I help you create the proposal or pitch I would have liked to receive while on staff.

Freelance:
•Contributing editor, The Scholastic Children's Dictionary
•Editor, The Making of America, National Geographic Books for Young Readers
•Consultant and editor of record for five animal and nature series for Soundprints, in conjunction with The Smithsonian Institution
•Consultant to Shakti, publishing imprint of The Global Fund for Children, Washington, D.C., distributed by Charlesbridge Books
•Abridged selected titles from the Pocket Books adult list for the Archway/Minstrel young readers division: Warriors Don’t Cry, Children Of The Dream, Twister, The Autobiography of George Takei, Give Me My Father’s Body, and three novels by Clive Cussler (Inca Gold, Shock Wave, Iceberg)
•Americanized general nonfiction and science titles for Franklin Watts/Grolier
•Adapted Rich Dad, Poor Dad for a young audience (Rich Dad, Poor Dad for Teens)

On staff:
•Paperback reprints of classic titles for young readers for Dell Yearling and Bantam Skylark, among them the books of Beverly Cleary, Roald Dahl, Mildred D. Taylor, Daniel Pinkwater, Jim Kjelgaard, John Bellairs; and classic series: Anne of Green Gables, Encyclopedia Brown

•Original series: Choose Your Own Adventure, Time Machine, The Saddle Club, Sweet Valley High/Twins/Kids

•Movie tie-ins: Gremlins, Pretty in Pink

Staff Positions
•Delacorte Press/Dell Publishing (assistant to director of advertising and promotion)
•Yearling Books/Dell/Delacorte Books for Young Readers (editorial assistant, assistant editor, associate editor)
•Random House Student Book Clubs (Editorial Director, Grade 5-7 Club)
•Bantam Books (Senior Editor, Books for Young Readers)
•Avon Books (Editorial Director, Books for Young Readers)
•Bantam Books (Editorial Director, Books for Young Readers)

Teacher, Writing for Children, course at Marymount Manhattan College Writing Center
Teacher, speaker Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop

BFA (Motion Picture, Television, Radio), NYU School of the Arts (now Tisch)