Henry Denard

denardHENRY DENARD is a writer, ghost writer, and editor of commercial mainstream nonfiction and fiction.

Denard co-founded and was editor in chief at a publishing company (distributed by Random House) where he oversaw (and often helped to write) dozens of books.

Denard’s bestselling nonfiction and fiction authors include Chris Wallace, Catherine Crier, Matthew Modine, Brett Favre, Joe Namath, and Steven Pressfield. Denard’s titles have been featured in “The New York Times” (including front page) and on “Sixty Minutes,” “Oprah,” “The Today Show,” and “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.”

Two of Denard’s published books sold to film studios for over $1 million.

Denard recently helped to write, edit and publish The Fiscal Cliff by Ayse and Selahattin Imrohorogolu (2012, Ending Spending) on behalf of Joe Ricketts (founder of T.D. Ameritrade).

Denard has also written for The New York Times Magazine and American Express’ Departures magazine.

On the film side, Denard produced The Conspirator, starring James McAvoy, Kevin Kline, and Robin Wright; directed by Robert Redford; Gone in 60 Seconds (Touchstone) starring Nicolas Cage; The Negotiator (Warner) starring Samuel Jackson and Kevin Spacey; and Citizen X (HBO). He is a member of the Writers Guild of America (WGA, the screenwriters’ union) and uses Final Draft when working with writers of screenplays.

Denard has experience with contract negotiations, film and book production, sales, distribution, marketing, publicity, and subsidiary rights.

He can assist with literary agent and publisher selection as well as the fiction or nonfiction submission package, including query letters and book proposals.