Amanda’s diverse experiences as a writer, editor, and teacher contribute to her ability to help writers present their best work to the world—one of her greatest joys in life. Although she enjoys working with authors from almost any genre, nonfiction is her area of expertise, with a particular interest in memoir, autobiography, personal essay, self-improvement, health/wellness, and cookbooks. However, she …
Amy Kerr
Amy is a Nashville-based writer and editor who specializes in nonfiction and children’s projects. She started her career as an editor for HarperCollins Publishers, specializing in four-color products like children’s books, gift books and lifestyle books, and branched off into freelance writing and editing about ten years ago. In addition to her Big 5 publishing clients, she’s been fortunate to …
Andrea L. Ramsey
Andrea has been writing and editing professionally for over a decade. She specializes in substantive editing for nonfiction manuscripts, proposal writing and development, and writing for derivative products. She is the author of English Lessons: The Crooked Path of Growing Toward Faith and has been published in The Washington Post, USA Today, and Fathom magazine. Andrea received a bachelor’s degree …
Andrew Buss
Andrew has been a copy editor and proofreader specializing in adult nonfiction and scholarly writing since 2014. He has worked with several university presses and with a variety of Christian publishers, including Reformation Heritage, P&R Publishing, Baker Books, InterVarsity Press, and HarperCollins Christian. He serves authors publishing in a wide array of genres but has focused particularly on Christian theology …
Andy Rogers
Andy Rogers is a writer, editor, and author. He joined the book industry in 2007 and has worked on hundreds of successful book projects for major publishing houses, independent publishers, and Christian ministries. He has been an acquisitions editor at Our Daily Bread Ministries and HarperCollins Christian Publishing. Andy specializes in developing and writing book proposals, developmental and line editing, …
Anna Wostenberg
Anna Wostenberg has been an editor for more than seven years. She started out in licensed publishing, working with brands and talent including Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount, NBC Universal, and Christina Ricci, to name a few. She later joined the DK team and feels a strong passion for books in the cooking, self-help, healthy living, and personal finance spaces, although …
Aria Q. Fischer
Aria Fischer has been writing and editing professionally for over a decade. She began her career as a content writer for Andrew Wommack Ministries shortly after college. Aria went on to intern under Dr. Paul L. Williams and had the honor of being a contributing editor for The Killing of Uncle Sam, Killing the Planet, Socialism Under the Microscope, and …
Becky Philpott
Becky Philpott has worked in the publishing industry for over 20 years as a production editor, acquisitions editor, and associate publisher. She has worked with New York Times, USA Today, CBA, and ECPA best-selling authors, as well as RITA finalists and Christy and Carol award winners. With experience editing both fiction and nonfiction, Becky is passionate about collaborating with authors and …
Blake Atwood
Let’s not bury the lede. Blake Atwood was an early developmental editor on Atomic Habits by James Clear. More recently, he was Jefferson Fisher’s book coach for The Next Conversation. Both were New York Times bestsellers. In addition to nonfiction developmental editing and book coaching, Blake also provides collaborative writing and book proposal development. In the Christian market, Blake helped …
Blake Jurgens
Blake A. Jurgens, PhD, is a book editor and humanities scholar based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in academic and adult nonfiction. He started his career as an editorial assistant with the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project. Then he branched off into freelance editorial work for academic presses, including Baker Academic, Eerdmans, Penn State University Press, and …