Andy Meisenheimer has been working in books since 1999—first as a retailer, then a sales rep, then an acquisitions editor for a division of Harper Collins. He now spends his time as a freelance editor working with both published and unpublished authors on fiction and non-fiction projects. Andy's appreciation for writing was shaped by an early love for Shakespeare, Agatha Christie, Michael Crichton, Chaim Potok, and Ray Bradbury. In addition to his work here at TED, he is also a fiction editor for Red Fez Publications, an online literary journal, and the creator of storypraxis, a creative ...

Christopher Fisher joined The Editorial Department in the fall of 2010 and, in addition to editorial acumen, brings with him considerable skills in book layout, production, and design. He has a keen eye for everything from font selection and page design to cover art and layout considerations, and is available to help with both traditional and self-published efforts. Christopher enjoys reading most anything, from award-winning novels to his kids' cereal boxes, and his experience in publishing is just as eclectic. He has worked with authors of academic non-fiction as well as literary and hi...

Jen Howard was born in Escanaba, Michigan, and pursued a PhD in literature with a focus on literary criticism before shifting gears and setting her sights on a career as a writer, writing teacher, and editor. With an MA in English and an MFA in Fiction Writing, she teaches creative writing (both fiction and nonfiction) at Northern Michigan University. She is the editor-in-chief of Passages North, and her own stories and essays have been published in Crab Orchard Review, Blue Mesa Review, Redivider, Sycamore Review, Smokelong Quarterly, Southeast Review, Quarterly Review, wigleaf, Literary M...

TED's Director of Development John Robert Marlow is an award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and adaptation consultant whose nonfiction articles have appeared in the Novel and Short Story Writer's Market and the Screenwriter's and Playwright's Market (both published by Writer's Digest Books), The Writer, Writers' Journal, Backspace, Women On Writing, Writer's World, Urban Muse, Fellow Script, Parade, and numerous other print and online publications. His first novel, Nano, was immediately recognized as cinematic ("Marlow's debut is a real page-turner"—Kirkus Reviews; "Reads like a big...

Nicci Jordan Hubert has been in publishing in its various forms--newspaper, magazine, book, etc.--since 1999, but it is in the slow and loving process of storytelling she's happiest. Currently a freelance editor in New York, Nicci has worked for several publishing houses, including Random House NY. Specializing in fiction, Nicci prefers to work in genres like contemporary women's, literary, as well as the occasional thriller or mystery. She also works frequently with religious fiction, particularly that geared toward the CBA. Her editorial process relies heavily on dialogue and brainstorm...

Peter Gelfan has been editing and ghostwriting both fiction and nonfiction for the past 17 years. His clients range from beginners to published and bestselling authors and celebrities. He also edits screenplays and has sold two he wrote under his own name, one of which was produced and recently released in France. While experienced in most every genre from crime through mainstream to literary, he specializes in analyzing and strengthening underlying structure—plot, character, and scenes in fiction, and organization and argument in nonfiction. Peter has published a feature-length article...

R.J. Cavender is the twice Bram Stoker nominated editor of the +Horror Library+ anthology series from Cutting Block Press. Horror Library IV (co-edited with Boyd E. Harris) won the 2010 reader's choice Black Quill Award from Dark Scribe Magazine in the Best Dark Genre Anthology category. R.J. is a publishing consultant and editor on the upcoming Horror For Good: A Charitable Anthology which includes stories by Bram Stoker winning authors Jack Ketchum, Ray Garton, Ramsey Campbell, and Benjamin Kane Ethridge. He is also a contributing editor at Dark Continents Publishing and has worked clo...

Ross Browne has been editing books since 1992 and developing workshops and seminars for writers since 1997. He has worked closely with hundreds of authors during his time with the company and seen many projects through from first draft to publication. He enjoys working on most genres of commercial fiction and specializes in teaching fiction technique, with a particular emphasis on dialogue. He has worked as a reader/reviewer for a major New York literary agency and works closely with Karinya Funsett-Topping in managing TED’s agent matchmaking program. His favorite writers include J...

Shannon Roberts has always had an interest in the world of media and publishing. In 2007, she graduated as a Mass Communication major from the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where she had worked during her senior year as a writing tutor and consultant. Using that experience, she began offering her editing services freelance to a number of small clients locally. After a year of this, as well as an internship at Front Street Books (an extension of Boyds Mill Press), she began working closely with Editorial Department founder Renni Browne as an editorial assistant and manuscript co...