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Deborah Brodie RÉsumÉ

 

June 2007–present

Freelance editor and book doctor

  • Do intensive editorial work on children's, teen, and adult manuscripts
  • Consult on writing and publishing
  • Clients include publishers, literary agents, and individuals. Please see Client List

January 2001–May 2007

Executive Editor, Roaring Brook Press, Holtzbrinck Publishers, NY

  • Cofounded the Roaring Brook Press imprint for the Millbrook Press, Brookfield, CT; since 2004 expanded and developed the imprint for Holtzbrinck USA (now Macmillan)
  • Worked with acclaimed authors and illustrators, including Margaret Bechard, Don Brown, Peter Catalanotto, Seymour Chwast, Gail Giles, Betty Hicks, Ann Jaramillo, Kathleen Jeffrie Johnson, Tony Johnston, Adam McCauley, Jean Marzollo, Susanna Natti, Mary Pope Osborne, Robert Andrew Parker, Charlie Price, S. D. Schindler, Howard Schwartz, and Jacqueline Wilson
  • Worked intensively with experienced authors exploring a new genre, new age group, or new approach—including 4 best-selling authors of books for adults starting to write for a younger audience
  • Launched the careers of 21 debut authors and illustrators

1979 – 2001

Executive Editor (since 1985), Viking Children’s Books, Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, NY

  • Worked with noted authors and illustrators, including David A. Adler, Sarah Dessen, Patricia Reilly Giff, Dan Greenburg, James Marshall, Milton Meltzer, Susanna Natti, Zibby Oneal, James Stevenson, and Jane Yolen
  • Conceived and edited early chapter-book series: Cam Jansen Adventures (all titles still in print after 25 years), Once Upon America, and Women of Our Time
  • Acquired and edited books for adults, including international best-seller The Eyes of the Dragon, by Stephen King

Spring 2008

Instructor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New York, NY

  • Create and facilitate 3-session seminar for editorial staff
  • Teach basics of line editing and writing selling copy
  • Help develop the mind-set of an editor

Fall 2007–present

MFA Mentor, Simmons College, Boston, MA

  • Work with students to revise fiction
  • Advise students on writing and publishing

June 2007–present

Instructor, Summer Writers Colony, The New School, New York, NY

  • Create intensive 3-week, 6-credit course
  • Teach, advise, and mentor students

2003–present

Visiting Faculty, MFA in Creative Writing, Writing for Children, The New School, New York, NY

1998–2003

Instructor, MFA in Creative Writing, Writing for Children, The New School, New York, NY

  • Designed and taught full-term courses
  • Advised thesis writers

1997–present

Moderator, Forum on Writing for Children, The New School, New York, NY

  • Create programs with authors and publishing professionals
  • Conduct and publicize 8 programs per year

August 2007

Instructor, Charlesbridge Publishing, Watertown, MA

  • Developed and facilitated 2-day staff-development workshop for editorial, design, sales, and marketing staff
  • Strategized with management and staff about growing the list

Nov. 2006 – May 2007

Instructor, Holtzbrinck Children’s Book Publishing Master Class, Holtzbrinck (now Macmillan) USA, New York, NY

  • Created and taught professional-development course for staff with less than 3 years’ experience in publishing
  • Developed collegiality and teamwork across imprints

Edited 2 collections of quotations, both published by St. Martins’ Press

  • Untying the Knot: Ex-Husbands, Ex-Wives, and Other Experts on the Passage of Divorce (1999)
  • Writing Changes Everything: The 627 Best Things Anyone Ever Said About Writing (1997)

Client List

 
  • Abrams Books for Young Readers
  • Bloomsbury Children's Books
  • Boxer Books {London}
  • Charlesbridge Publishing
  • Clarion Books
  • Dutton Children’s Books
  • Feiwel & Friends
  • Harry N. Abrams, Inc. {adult}
  • Henry Holt Books for Young Readers
  • Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
  • Tricycle Press
  • WeBook, Inc.
  • Adams Literary
  • Anna Olswanger of Liza Dawson Associates
  • Barbara Braun Associates, Inc.
  • Barry Goldblatt Literary
  • BookStop Literary Agency
  • Carla Glasser of the Betsy Nolan Literary Agency
  • Chudney Agency
  • Edite Kroll Literary Agency
  • Erin Murphy Literary Agency
  • FinePrint Literary Management, Inc.
  • Gareth Esersky of Carol Mann Agency
  • George Nicholson of Sterling Lord Literistic
  • Greenhouse Literary Agency
  • Herman Agency, Inc.
  • Jane Feder Agency
  • Kleinworks Agency
  • Laura Langlie Literary Agency
  • Liza Voges of Kirchoff/Wohlberg, Inc.
  • Menza-Barron Agency
  • Miriam Altshuler Literary Agency
  • Mixed Media Group, Inc.
  • Nancy Gallt Literary Agency
  • Raines & Raines
  • Stimola Literary Studio
  • Transatlantic Literary Agency, Inc.
  • Writers House Literary Agency


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