It’s natural to want to know about the person you’re working with. And your relationship with your editor is intensely personal. Please know I’m not offended if you choose to work with someone else. That editor may be a better fit for you and your novel.
As for me, here’s some info and a few fun bits at the end:
Experience
Editor, Sourcebooks
Editor, SoulMate Publishing
Editor, Ellora’s Cave to September 12, 2014
Editor, Loose Id to September, 2016
Executive Editor, Hidden Thoughts Press to March, 2019
Editor, Evil Jester Press to March, 2019
Editor, Curiosity Quill Press to August, 2014
Editor, Noble Romance to December 2013
Editor/Writer, Veritas Publishing to January 2012
Head of Development, Sunset Pictures
Member, Sisters in Crime National
Member, Sisters in Crime, Triangle Chapter
Member, The Freelancers Union
Guest Member, The Editorial Freelancers Association
Student Candidate, University of Oxford, xxCHELiterature Graduate, University of Wisconsin/Madison, BA Sociology
Graduate, The Screenwriters Group, Chicago, IL; First Draft Class; Development Class
Graduate, Mallinckrodt College, Wilmette, IL (now part of Loyola University), AA, Paralegal Studies
Grievance Officer, National Writers Union, 1996-2002
Author
“The Chocolate Underpants Caper,” The Book of Extraordinary Amateur Sleuth and Private Eye Stories, 2019, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing
Self-Editing Guide for the New Writer, 2014
“Bus Stop,” 2012
Stupid Dog, 2011
The My Kid’s Allergic to Everything Dessert Cookbook, 1996, rev. ed. 2010, Chicago Review Press
Fun bits:
Really good cook!
Have my own IMDB page for:
“National Lampoon’s Cattle Call” feature film, Sunset Pictures. Credit: Dogsbody
“‘Behind Closed Eyes” short, Rising Star Pictures/Emanate Studios. Credit: Food and Craft Service
“‘Through the Trees” short, Ryan Donovan Productions. Credits: Food and Craft Services and Dogsbody
Owns 26 copies of The Moody Blues’ Greatest Hits. Hey, cracks happen!