BOOKS EDITED

Here’s a curated list of books I’ve worked on over my career:

Animals/Pets

A DOG NAMED LEAF: The Hero from Heaven Who Saved My Life (Allen Anderson with Linda Anderson) - New York Times’ bestseller

MARK TWAIN FOR CAT LOVERS: True and Imaginary Adventures with Feline Friends (Mark Dawidziak)

WARRIOR PUPS: True Stories of America's K9 Heroes (Jeff Kamen)

THE BOY WHO TALKED TO DOGS: A Memoir (Martin McKenna)  

BROADWAY TAILS: Heartfelt Stories of Rescued Dogs Who Became Showbiz Superstars (Bill Berloni)

NO BUDDY LEFT BEHIND: Bringing U.S. Troops’ Dogs and Cats Safely Home from the Combat Zone (Terri Crisp with Cindy Hurn

DOG WALKS MAN: A Six-Legged Odyssey (John Zeaman)  

Biography/Memoir

LIFE IN THE KEY OF G (Kenny G with Phil Lerman)

MARIA’S SCARF: A Memoir of a Mother’s Love, a Son’s Perseverance, and Dreaming Big (Zoro)

EXIT WOUNDS: A Vietnam Elegy (Lanny Hunter)

DANCING ON THE EDGE: A Journey of Living, Loving, and Tumbling through Hollywood (Russ Tamblyn)

WE MARCH AT MIDNIGHT: A War Memoir (Ray McPadden)

WE SHARE THE SAME SKY: A Memoir of Memory & Migration (Rachael Cerrotti)

FLYING FREE: My Victory over Fear to Become the First Latina Pilot on the US Aerobatic Team (Cecilia Aragon)

THE MAP OF DEAD PILOTS: The Dangerous Game of Flying in Alaska (Colleen Mondor) 

TO BURGUNDY AND BACK AGAIN: A Tale of Wine, France, and Brotherhood (Roy Cloud) 

CRAZY: Notes On and Off the Couch (Dr. Rob Dobrenski) 

FAVORITE WIFE: Trapped in Polygamy (Susan Ray Schmidt)

ALIVE IN AFRICA: My Journeys on Foot in the Sahara, Rift Valley, and Rain Forest (William Wheeler)

THE ONLY KAYAK: A Journey into the Heart of Alaska (Kim Heacox)

Current Events

THE GMO DECEPTION: What You Need to Know about the Food, Corporations, and Government Agencies Putting Our Families and Our Environment at Risk (edited by Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber)

IMPACT STATEMENT: A Family’s Fight for Justice against Whitey Bulger, Stephen Flemmi, and the FBI (Bob Halloran ) 

RESTORING VALOR: One Couple’s Mission to Expose Fraudulent War Heroes and Protect America’s Military Awards System (Doug and Pam Sterner)

CONNING HARVARD: Adam Wheeler, The Con Artist Who Faked His Way into the Ivy League (Julie Zauzmer)

WAR IN THE WOODS: Combating the Marijuana Cartels on America’s Public Lands (John Nores and James Swan)  

A SPRING WITHOUT BEES: How Colony Collapse Disorder Has Endangered Our Food Supply (Michael Schacker, foreword by Bill McKibben)

Fiction (Historical)

REBEL NUN (Marj Charlier)

NEMESIS AND THE SWAN (Lindsay Bandy): Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award. “Bandy’s debut features credible historical detail, an engaging narrator, and a sweet romance…A lush portrayal of personal and national struggles.”--Kirkus Reviews

BRIDES OF ROME (Debra Macleod)

RIGHT BACK WHERE WE STARTED FROM (Joy Lanzendorfer)

Fiction (General)

COMPETITIVE GRIEVING (Nora Zelevansky): Entertainment Weekly Pick of Summer's Best New Books, USA Today Pick of Best Beach Reads, PopSugar Pick of Best New Summer Books, Daily Break Selection of the Month's Best Book

THE ARCHIVIST (Rex Pickett): A November Book Pick from The New York Times

History

ALARIC THE GOTH: An Outsider’s History of the Fall of Rome (Douglas Boin)

LOUISA ON THE FRONTLINES: Louisa May Alcott in the Civil War (Samantha Seiple)

MASSACRE ON THE MERRIMACK: Hannah Duston's Captivity and Revenge in Colonial America (Jay Atkinson)

UNDER LINCOLN’S HAT: 100 Objects That Tell the Story of His Life and Legacy (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation)

GETTYSBURG REPLIES: The World Responds to Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation)

STONEWALL JACKSON’S LITTLE SORREL: An Unlikely Hero of the Civil War (Sharon B. Smith)

QUEEN OF THIEVES: The True Story of “Marm” Mandelbaum and Her Gangs of New York (J. North Conway)

THE HANDS OF WAR: A Tale of Endurance and Hope, from a Survivor of the Holocaust (Marione Ingram)

MAJOR TAYLOR: The Inspiring Story of a Black Cyclist and the Men Who Helped Him Achieve Worldwide Fame (Conrad and Terry Kerber)

JOURNEYS ON THE SILK ROAD: A Desert Explorer, Buddha’s Secret Library, and the Unearthing of the World’s Oldest Printed Book (Joyce Morgan and Conrad Walters) 

TREACHEROUS BEAUTY: Peggy Shippen, the Woman behind Benedict Arnold's Plot to Betray America (Stephen H. Case and Mark Jacob)

OSA AND MARTIN: For the Love of Adventure (Kelly Enright)

MATTHEW A. HENSON’S HISTORIC ARCTIC JOURNEY: The Classic Account of One of the World's Greatest Black Explorers (Matthew A. Henson)

Home and Garden

WELCOME TO THE FARM: How-to Wisdom from the Elliott Homestead (Shaye Elliott)

THE BACKYARD GARDENER: Simple, Easy, and Beautiful Gardening with Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers (Kelly Orzel)

CABIN LIVING: Discovering the Simple American Getaway (editors of Cabin Living magazine)

FAMILY TABLE: Farm Cooking from the Elliott Homestead (Shaye Elliott)

SEASONS AT THE FARM: Year-Round Celebrations at the Elliott Homestead (Shaye Elliott)

THE HOMESTEADER’S HERBAL COMPANION: The Ultimate Guide to Growing, Preserving, and Using Herbs (Amy Fewell)

THE HOMESTEADER’S NATURAL CHICKEN HANDBOOK: Raising a Healthy Flock from Start to Finish (Amy Fewell)

THE FARM GIRL’S GUIDE TO PRESERVING THE HARVEST: How to Can, Freeze, Dehydrate, and Ferment Your Garden’s Goodness (Ann Accetta-Scott))

SWEET MAPLE: Backyard Sugarmaking from Tap to Table (Michelle Visser)

SIMPLE FARMHOUSE LIFE: DIY Projects for the All-Natural, Handmade Home (Lisa Bass)

HUMBLE HOMES, SIMPLE SHACKS, COZY COTTAGES, RAMSHACKLE RETREATS, FUNKY FORTS: And Whatever the Heck Else We Could Squeeze in Here (Derek "Deek" Diedricksen)

Humor

UNLUCKY STIFFS: New Tales of the Weirdly Departed (Cynthia Ceilan) 

WEIRDLY BELOVED: Tales of Strange Bedfellows, Odd Couplings, and Love Gone Bad (Cynthia Ceilan) 

THE STAY-AT-HOME MARTYR: A Survival Guide for Having a Life Outside Your Kids (Joanne Kimes and Jennifer Worley)  

THINNING THE HERD: Tales of the Weirdly Departed (Cynthia Ceilan)

Nature/Adventure

THE EDGE OF THE WORLD: A Visual Adventure to the Most Extraordinary Places on Earth (Editors of Outside magazine, foreword by Jimmy Chin)

THIS PHENOMENAL LIFE: The Amazing Ways We Are Connected with Our Universe (Misha Maynerick Blaise)

PEREGRINE SPRING: A Master Falconer’s Extraordinary Life with Birds of Prey (Nancy Cowan, foreword by Sy Montgomery and Elizabeth Marshall Thomas)

BEYOND THE BEAR: Love, Loss, and My Journey out of Darkness (Dan Bigley and Debra McKinney)

THE SPINE OF THE CONTINENT: The Most Ambitious Wildlife Conservation Project Ever Undertaken (Mary Ellen Hannibal)

FEARLESS: One Woman, One Kayak, One Continent (Joe Glickman) 

HOW TO WALK A PUMA: And Other Things I Learned While Stumbling through South America (Peter Allison)

AN ELEPHANT’S LIFE: An Intimate Portrait from Africa (Caitlin O’Connell)

NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED: The Controversial Line between Entertainment and Abuse (Peter Laufer)

TALES OF AN AFRICAN VET (Roy Aronson)

FORBIDDEN CREATURES: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets (Peter Laufer)

BONES OF THE TIGER: Protecting the Man-Eaters of Nepal (Hemanta Mishra, with Jim Ottaway Jr.)

DON’T LOOK BEHIND YOU: A Safari Guide’s Encounters with Ravenous Lions, Stampeding Elephants, and Lovesick Rhinos (Peter Allison)  

THE DANGEROUS WORLD OF BUTTERFLIES: The Startling Subculture of Criminals, Collectors, and Conservationists (Peter Laufer)

THE SOUL OF THE RHINO: A Nepali Adventure with Kings and Elephant Drivers, Billionaires and Bureaucrats, Shamans and Scientists and the Indian Rhinoceros (Hemanta Mishra, with Jim Ottaway Jr.)  

THEY LIVED TO TELL THE TALE: True Stories of Modern Adventure from the Legendary Explorers Club (edited by Jan Jarboe Russell)

WOLF EMPIRE: An Intimate Portrait of a Species (Scott Ian Barry) 

Popular Reference

WHY WE LOVE SERIAL KILLERS: The Curious Appeal of the World’s Most Savage Murderers (Scott Bonn)

THE SUPERWOMAN’S SURVIVAL GUIDE: Conquering the Unexpected in the Office, on the Town, or in the Great Outdoors (Ky Furneaux)  

ICONIC SPIRITS: A Dozen Beverages that Changed the World and Forged the Cocktail Culture (Mark Spivak)   

LISTEN: Trusting Your Inner Voice in Times of Crisis (Lynn Robinson)