Anne Greenberg was an in-house
editor of children's books for 16
years at Simon & Schuster/Pocket
Books, specializing in fiction for
readers 5–8 (but not picture books),
8–12, and young adult. Now she is a
full-time freelance, doing
developmental editing, editing, and
copyediting of adult fiction and
nonfiction, in addition to
children's books. Known for her
thorough yet sensitive work, at
Pocket/S&S she edited more than 550
books (including all-new Nancy Drew
and Hardy Boys titles) and worked
with more than 40 writers, including
first-time authors. Honors for her
list include The Queen of
Everything by Deb Caletti, a
teen novel that garnered two starred
reviews and the cover of the Bulletin of the Center for
Children's Books; Why Do They
Hate Me?, a nonfiction
compilation that was named a VOYA
Nonfiction Honor Book; and Violet
Eyes by Nicole Luiken, a teen
science fiction novel that was a
YALSA Quick Pick nominee. As a
freelance she has edited Walking
the Line by Mike Lude with Bill
Knight (sports autobiography),
Sniper Shot by Barry Ozeroff
(adult thriller), Spider Riders:
The Shards of the Oracle by Tedd
Anasti and Patsy Cameron-Anasti with
Stephen D. Sullivan (children's sf),
and Defender: Hyperswarm by
Tim Waggoner (sf).
Copyedited
works include Winning by Jack
Welch with Suzy Welch (business);
Shine by Star Jones Reynolds;
The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty
by Buster Olney (sports);
Arthritis by John D. Clough, MD;
One Stroke, Two Survivors by
Bernice Kleiman with Herb Kleiman
(health); The Van Gogh Conspiracy
by J. Madison Davis (thriller);
The Rare and the Beautiful by
Cressida Connolly (biography); and
Running Money: Hedge Fund
Honchos, Monster Markets and My Hunt
for the Big Score by Andy
Kessler (business).
Specialties
Developmental/substantive
editing, manuscript evaluation,
copyediting.
Scope: Young adult fiction;
children's fiction (chapter
books and middle grade but not
picture books); adult trade
fiction and nonfiction,
including self-help, how-to,
diet and nutrition.
Editorial List (selected)
Books for
Adults
Classic Day
and Peanut Butter Publishing
America at the Internet
Crossroads by Michael
Bookey (nonfiction)
Walking the Line by Mike
Lude and Bill Knight (life
story of intercollegiate
athletic director written by
award-winning journalist)
What
Healthy People Know by
Robert M. Gleeson, MD
(nutrition and health)
ibooks
Defender:
Hyperswarm by Tim
Waggoner (83,000-word sf ms
based on arcade game)
Sniper
Shot by Barry Ozeroff
(420p thriller)
WizKids
LLC
MechWarriors: Patriot's
Stand by Mike Moscoe
(93,000-word ms based on video
game)
Books for
Teens and Younger Readers
Newmarket
Press
Spider
Riders series by Tedd Anasti
and Patsy Cameron-Anasti with
Stephen D. Sullivan (based on
animated TV series): The
Shards of the Oracle;
Quest of the Earthen;
Reign of the Soul Eater.
Pocket
Books, Pocket Pulse, Simon
Pulse, and Archway Paperbacks
Teen
Readership
Kissed by
an Angel trilogy by Elizabeth
Chandler
(romance-mystery-supernatural/Daniel
Weiss Associates, packager)
The
Queen of Everything by Deb
Caletti (starred PW and
BCCB reviews)
Violet
Eyes (YALSA Quick Pick
nominee) and Silver Eyes
by Nicole Luiken (sf/thriller)
Stratemeyer series: The Nancy
Drew Files, The Hardy Boys
Casefiles, Nancy Drew & Hardy
Boys SuperMysteries, and Tom
Swift
Media
Tie-ins
Charlie's
Angels by Elizabeth
Lenhard
Charmed
TV novelizations and spin-off
novels
Clueless
movie novelization and movie
and TV spin-off novels
Dawson's
Creek: The Beginning of
Everything Else by
Jennifer Baker
Girlfight
by Frank Lauria
My
Girl 2 by Patricia Hermes
Sleepy
Hollow by Peter Lerangis
Vertical
Limit by Mel Odom
Minstrel
Books/Aladdin Paperbacks
Middle-Grade Readership
The
Rainbow Pony and The
Wildflower Pony by Anne
Eliot Crompton
Stratemeyer series: Nancy Drew
Mystery Stories and The Hardy
Boys Mystery Stories
Media
Tie-ins
Dudley
Do-Right by Elizabeth
Lenhard
The
Little Vampire by Angela
Sommer-Bodenburg and Nicholas
Waller
Little
Women by Laurie Lawlor
The
Mask of Zorro by Frank
Lauria, and Zorro movie
spin-off novels
Sister,
Sister TV spin-off novels by
Janet Quin-Harkin
Early-Grade
Readership
The Kids
on Bus 5 series by Marcia
Leonard, illustrated by Julie
Durrell
Stratemeyer series: The Nancy
Drew Notebooks; The Hardy Boys
Are: The Clues Brothers; and
The New Bobbsey Twins
Copyediting—Selected List
HarperCollins
Getting from College to Career
by Lindsay Pollak (nonfiction)
The
High-Purpose Company by
Christine Arena (business)
Home
Team Advantage by Brooke
de Lench (parenting/sports)
The
Last Night of the Yankee
Dynasty by Buster Olney
(nonfiction)
The
Modern Jewish Mom's Guide to
Shabbat by Meredith L.
Jacobs (nonfiction)
Money-Driven Medicine by
Maggie Mahar (business)
100
Bullshit Jobs and How to Get
Them by Stanley Bing
(business)
The
Rare and the Beautiful by
Cressida Connolly (biography)
Running Money: Hedge Fund
Honchos, Monster Markets and
My Hunt for the Big Score
by Andy Kessler (business)
Shine
by Star Jones Reynolds
(self-help/inspirational)
The
Stress Cure by Dr. Vern
Cherewatenko and Paul Perry
(self-help)
Threshold Resistance by A.
Alfred Taubman
(business/autobiography)
Winning by Jack Welch with
Suzy Welch (business)
Winning: The Answers by
Jack and Suzy Welch (business)
Cleveland
Clinic Press
Arthritis by John D.
Clough, MD
One
Stroke, Two Survivors by
Bernice Kleiman with comments
by Herb Kleiman
ibooks
The
Van Gogh Conspiracy by J.
Madison Davis (adult thriller)
Z File
Beyond
Hell and Back by Dwight
Jon Zimmerman and John D.
Gresham (military nonfiction)
Feedback
"After working on my young-adult manuscript for more than a year, I lost all critical distance from it and needed an expert eye to help me see things clearly. Anne didn't pull any punches with her criticism, and her detailed, thoughtful recommendations launched me on a new, substantive revision round. The result is a manuscript that I'm almost certain is leaner, tighter, and more engaging than the original. Thanks, Anne!" —(Contact information on request)
"It has been nothing but fun working with you on Charmed and, of course, Charlie's Angels. And I will always be grateful to you for giving me my first 'break' with Clueless. You definitely played the biggest role in launching me on this career." —Elizabeth Lenhard
"You're an experienced and talented editor, which is a rare thing these days!" —Anonymous Nancy Drew author
"Guess what??? We got a STARRED PUBLISHERS WEEKLY REVIEW!!!! And I do mean 'we.' " —Deb Caletti, author of The Queen of Everything
"I've had a great time working with you, and I think we've put some really neat books out there, not just mysteries but slices of contemporary life that the fans of Nancy & Frank & Joe might never come across otherwise." —Anonymous Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys author
"Thanks to my editor I have an excellent road map for the process of revision. The critique was both thoughtful and thought provoking. Overall, a terrific experience." —Network client (children's fantasy)
"Anne is a fantastic editor! She showed me ways to make my manuscript much much stronger." —Network client (YA novel)
"This is my second time working with Anne. She's a very professional editor, who delivers material on time and provides a clear editorial letter along with the edited manuscript." —Network client (YA novel)
"I can't thank you enough for your help. Your comments and edits made the manuscript much stronger." —Michael Bookey, author of America at the Internet Crossroads
"Thank you so much for all of your help. Your comments/suggestions are excellent." —Network client (children's fiction)
"Anne Greenberg made great catches and saved me from embarrassing myself." —Buster Olney, author of The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty (from the acknowledgments)
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