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Biography
Writing is my business and my pleasure. I'm the founder and president of CorporateHistory.net, which serves corporate and organizational clients with a full range of book writing, speechwriting, editing, and publishing services. In my spare time, I lead workshops based on the Amherst Writers & Artists approach to creative writing. I live and work in northern New Jersey, near New York City.
Special Strengths
Interviews, research, a knack for shaping masses of material into a readable narrative.
Corporate Histories (Author and/or Publisher)
Flying High Again: PARC's Redevelopment of Plattsburgh Air Force Base (CorporateHistory.net Press, 160 pages)
Melwood — A Story of Empowerment (CorporateHistory.net Press, 300 pages)
A. W. Hastings, Inc.: An Illustrated History (CorporateHistory.net Press, 80 pages)
The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack: A Company History (Lark Books, 96 pages)
The Advance Way (commemorative history for Advance Auto Parts, in progress)
Oral histories and a commemorative book for Advocacy and Resource Center (ARC) of Clinton County, New York (in progress)
Making Things Work: PSEG's First Century (Produced and Published by Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc., 128 pages)
A Wealth of History: 150 Years at Phoenix (Produced and Published by Greenwich Publishing Group, Inc., 144 pages)
Trade and Educational Books
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party (Clarion/Houghton Mifflin, 192 pages)
Great Courtroom Lawyers (Facts On File, 176 pages)
Zap! A Brief History of TV (Four Winds Press/Macmillan, 206 pages)
Operation Grizzly Bear (Four Winds Press/Macmillan, 118 pages)
Tracking Wildlife with Frank Craighead (Pearson Education, 36 pages)
Bikes: The World's Most Efficient Traveling Machines (Pearson Education, 48 pages)
Awards
The Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack: A Company History — Platinum Award (highest honor) for writing and excellence in marketing communications, MarCom Creative Awards
A.W. Hastings, Inc.: An Illustrated History — Apex Award of Excellence for custom publishing
Making Things Work: PSEG's First Century — Iris Award from the NJ/International Association of Business Communicators
The Perilous Journey of the Donner Party — California Library Association Beatty Award, Virginia Library Association Jefferson Cup Award (Honor Book), ALA Notable Book and Booklist Editor's Choice, New York Public Library Top 100 List
Background
Staff promotion writer and manager at Dell Publishing, Warren Gorham Lamont, and Learning Corporation of America (a wonderful film company now sadly gone).
Clients (Partial List)
Publishing: Amacom Books, Anita Halton Associates, Facts On File, Pearson Education, McGraw-Hill, Random House, Wiley
Financial Services: Citibank, Credit Union National Association, Goldman Sachs, The Phoenix Companies
Travel: American Express, Crystal Cruises, Cunard, Meyer Marketing, Seabourn
Corporate: American Management Association, Advance Auto Parts, Annin & Company, A. W. Hastings, Moretrench American, Pep Boys, Phoenix, Public Service Enterprise Group/PSE&G
Not-for-Profit: Advocacy and Resource Center of Clinton County, New York; Columbia University; County College of Morris (NJ); Melwood; PARC (Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation)
Education
B.A., Rutgers College (English major, theater minor, the first woman admitted to what had been an all-male college for 206 years). Post B.A. Paralegal Studies diploma, FDU.
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