Member Profile
Donald Weise
I’m a highly-skilled, respected, and award-winning book editor with more than twenty years’ editorial experience working with both fiction and nonfiction projects. Publisher clients include Doubleday, Penguin, Bantam, Basic Books, Seven Stories, and I also freelance privately for individuals at all levels of writing and across most genres.
I’ve edited and ghost-written for a wide array of authors, everyone from New York Times bestselling novelists to first-time writers. Among the many notable writers I have edited are Gore Vidal, Edward Albee, E. Lynn Harris, Edmund White, James Purdy, Samuel R. Delany, John Rechy, Bayard Rustin, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk. However, I’ve also worked with scores of newcomers, so I’m especially attuned to the needs and concerns of first-time authors.
My editorial work has been singled out for distinction by the American Library Association (keynoted its 2014 national convention), Publishers Weekly (named one of the year’s twelve “Industry Changemakers”), and Out magazine, among others.
Particular areas of editorial expertise are general fiction, mystery, memoir/biography, history, politics, women’s studies, African American studies, multicultural studies, gay and lesbian studies, and gender studies.
Patient, knowledgeable, and dependable, I welcome all inquiries.
Endorsements for my work:
West End Ave.
New York, NY 10025
US
Email: dweised@aol.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/don-weise-ab922895?trk=nav_responsive_tab_profile
Years in the field: 29
Years freelancing: 15
Donald Weise
I’m a highly-skilled, respected, and award-winning book editor with more than twenty years’ editorial experience working with both fiction and nonfiction projects. Publisher clients include Doubleday, Penguin, Bantam, Basic Books, Seven Stories, and I also freelance privately for individuals at all levels of writing and across most genres.
I’ve edited and ghost-written for a wide array of authors, everyone from New York Times bestselling novelists to first-time writers. Among the many notable writers I have edited are Gore Vidal, Edward Albee, E. Lynn Harris, Edmund White, James Purdy, Samuel R. Delany, John Rechy, Bayard Rustin, Ben Gazzara, and Peter Falk. However, I’ve also worked with scores of newcomers, so I’m especially attuned to the needs and concerns of first-time authors.
My editorial work has been singled out for distinction by the American Library Association (keynoted its 2014 national convention), Publishers Weekly (named one of the year’s twelve “Industry Changemakers”), and Out magazine, among others.
Particular areas of editorial expertise are general fiction, mystery, memoir/biography, history, politics, women’s studies, African American studies, multicultural studies, gay and lesbian studies, and gender studies.
Patient, knowledgeable, and dependable, I welcome all inquiries.
Endorsements for my work: