EDITING NONFICTION AND FICTION; GHOSTWRITING; EDITORIAL COLLABORATION; CONSULTATION ON PUBLISHING AND SELF-PUBLISHING
Laura Ross is an author, editor, and publishing consultant with more than thirty years’ experience in New York book publishing. She has served as Editorial Director at Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers and Theatre Communications Group; Vice President/Director of Marketing at Pocket Books; Director of Advertising and Promotion at Simon & Schuster and Penguin Books; and the co-proprietor of a book-packaging firm, Cognoscenti Books. Over all that time, she has also worked as a journalist, book doctor, and ghostwriter.
In 2008, she turned full-time to independent editorial work with a focus on writing and editing nonfiction. She has ghostwritten a variety of memoirs and works of narrative nonfiction for clients including HarperCollins, Sterling, Quayside, and Stone Song Press. Her attributed works include a series of annotated classics, a wellness book, and several works of history—notably, Traveling the Silk Road and Theodore Roosevelt: A Passion to Lead (both Sterling Publishing). She lives in New York City.
Pamela’s evolution in becoming a strategic expert in the publishing world began with post-graduate import-export work in a Tel Aviv buying office. Learning the importance of international markets for products, she carried that knowledge into the operation of Under Cover Books, the Midwest chain of independent bookstores founded by her family. The community of new breed hand-sellers and influencers helped launch popular and topical authors and created destination salons for thinkers. A strong reputation with publishing suppliers enabled Pamela to introduce the concept of digital reading and to encourage publishers to incorporate eBook creation plans into their business sales models.