Harmony is a seasoned publishing industry professional with over 22 years of experience in magazine and book publishing. She has worked in all areas of editorial, from acquisitions to proofreading to managing editorial, and in many areas of publishing: fiction, nonfiction, academic, Bibles, children’s picture books, and middle grade. She is skilled at all levels of editing and proofreading, indexing, …
James Lund
James Lund is a collaborator, editor, and author who enjoys helping others develop their voice and message. He has worked with bestselling authors, public figures, and ministry leaders including Max Lucado, Randy Alcorn, Jim Daly, George Foreman, Kathy Ireland, Dr. James and Shirley Dobson, Dennis and Barbary Rainey, Kim Meeder, and Shaunti Feldhahn. Other notable book partners include Taliban kidnap …
Jamie Chavez
Jamie Chavez worked for more than 10 years in the Christian publishing industry (and more than 20 as a freelance copywriter) before she found her niche as an independent writer and editor in 2004. As an editor, Chavez believes goodwill and relationship with an author are as important as her way with that author’s manuscript. She wants to be on …
Jared Austin
Jared has been an editor for more than 10 years, working on both children’s and adult books for multiple publishing houses. He is currently a senior editor for a small publishing company and manages multiple books from start to finish in the editing and designing process. He usually works on religious literature, and he has degrees in Bible and English …
Jean Kavich Bloom
Jean has been in the publishing industry for 37 years, including serving as an executive managing editor for Zondervan. Today, as an independent editor, Jean is engaged by both Christian publishing houses and individual authors. She offers substantive, line, and copy editing for fiction and nonfiction books. Several of her publisher clients request that she work directly with their authors, …
Jennifer Gott
Jennifer has worked in book publishing for 25 years, beginning at Multnomah Publishers in 1999, followed by many years of freelance editing in the Christian, general market, and academic spaces. Most recently, Jennifer served as VP/Publisher for the gift division at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. She has spent her career in nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books, focusing for many years on …
Jennifer Haney Stair
Jennifer has been helping authors make good books great for almost 30 years. Your work will be in the best possible hands with Jennifer, one of the industry’s most accomplished and trusted editors. Jennifer is proficient in all stages of the editorial process, including manuscript critique, developmental and substantive editing, and copy editing. Her additional experience in product development, project …
Jennifer Lonas
Jennifer is a quality-oriented editor, copy editor, and proofreader with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field. Over the course of her career, Jennifer has skillfully guided hundreds of nonfiction and fiction books to publication. She has also collaborated on a variety of projects with academic and magazine publishers, including Focus on the Family. As a former in-house production editor …
Jennifer Moorman
Jennifer is a Nashville-based author and editor, specializing in trade nonfiction with a focus on inspirational and uplifting material, children’s books, four-color nonfiction (lifestyle, cookbooks, health/wellness, devotionals & daily readers). She also enjoys developmental editing and copy editing genre fiction. Working in publishing for nearly two decades and as a long-time senior editor for HarperCollins, Jennifer has coached dozens of …
Jenny Baumgartner
A professional editor and book coach for 25+ years, Jenny enjoys working with writers to transform their words and personal stories into impactful, inspiring books. Former editorial director at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, executive editor at Hachette, and currently the head of her long-running editorial practice and agency, she has had the opportunity to work on hundreds of titles, specializing in …