Résumé and Client List

Deborah Brodie RÉsumÉ

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

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

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

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

MFA Mentor, Simmons College, Boston, MA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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