Book Doctor Profile

Amelia Sheldon offers editorial consultation to a very select group of dedicated clients who want to share their written work with a wider audience. She brings eleven years of experience in the New York publishing world and beyond to the projects she takes on. From 1992-1999 Amelia Sheldon worked her way up from editorial assistant to acquiring editor in a series of positions at Random House, Simon & Schuster, and Henry Holt & Company. She went out on her own in 2000 as a freelance editor.

Freelance Writing and Editing Projects include:

• AFTER THE DARKEST HOUR by Kathleen Brehony (Henry Holt) (Agent: Lisa Ross/The Spieler Agency)
• NON-FICTION SELF-HELP by three professional men (HarperCollins) (Agents: Mary Tahan and Stedman Mays/Clausen, Mays, & Tahan Literary Agency)
• The Vegetable You (Proposal) by Gay Sperling (Agent: Anne Edelstein)
• Ultimate Self-Healing (Proposal) by Eric Robins, M.D. and Master Stephen Co with John Merryman (Ballantine) (Agents: Mary Tahan and Stedman Mays)
• FAR FROM THE SHAMROCK SHORE by Mick Moloney (Crown) (Packager Contact: Suzanne De Galen)
• Moon Face (Proposal) by Jill Schensul (Agent: Robert Shepard)
• CONSCIOUS SEEING by Roberto M. Kaplan (Beyond Words Publishing)
• Love To Last a Lifetime (Proposal) by Sybil Carerre, Ph.D.
• (Agent: Laureen Connelly/ David Black Associates)
• OLD WOMAN OF THE WOODS by Mary Summer Rain (Editor: Tracy Sherrod)
• MAMA GENA’S SCHOOL OF WOMANLY ARTS by Regena Thomashauer (Editor: Amanda Murray) (Agent: Jennifer Gates/Zachary Schuster Literary Agency)
• The Art of Medicine (Proposal) by Kevin J. Soden, M.D., M.P.H. (Agent: David Hale Smith, DHS Literary Agency)
• Health Mistakes Smart Women Make (Proposal) by Kevin J. Soden, M.D., M.P.H. and Christine Dumas, D.D.S. (Agent: David Hale Smith, DHS Literary Agency)
• Flap and Cover Copy for DaCapo Press (Editor: Andrea Schulz)
• CLOUDSPEAK:ORACLES IN THE SKY by Ann Bolinger-McQuade

Amelia will be giving free 10 minute book analysis appointments in the Merchant/Exhibitor room.