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Editorial Services Provider, Author, and Journalist



Owner, Susan VanHecke Editorial, www.susanvanheckeeditorial.com Certificate-holding copyeditor providing a full range of professional editorial services, including copyediting, proofreading, developmental editing, writing, and cowriting. Clients include Hachette Book Group; Penguin Random House; Farrar, Straus and Giroux; Candlewick Press; HarperCollins Books for Young Readers; Macmillan Children’s Book Group; Random House Children’s Books; Scholastic; and the Virginia Arts Festival.
 
Author, www.susanvanhecke.com and www.susanwoodbooks.com
Award-winning author of fiction and nonfiction books for children and adults. Duties also include photo research and acquisition, fact-checking, copyediting, and proofreading. Titles include:
 
Elizabeth Warren: Nevertheless, She Persisted (Abrams, 2018)
American Gothic: The Life of Grant Wood (Abrams, 2017) Junior Library Guild Selection
Esquivel! Space-Age Sound Artist (Charlesbridge, 2016) ALA Notable Children’s Book
Under the Freedom Tree (Charlesbridge, 2014) Junior Library Guild Selection
Raggin' Jazzin' Rockin': A History of American Musical Instrument Makers (Boyds Mills Press, 2011) ALA Notable Children's Book 
Rock 'n' Roll Soldier (HarperCollins, 2009), with Dean Ellis Kohler, foreword by Graham Nash.
An Apple Pie for Dinner (Two Lions/Marshall Cavendish, 2009)
Roadwork: Rock & Roll Turned Inside Out (Hal Leonard, 2007)/Raising Hell on the Rock 'n' Roll Highway (Omnibus UK, 2009), with Tom Wright, foreword by Pete Townshend.
Three Steps to Heaven: The Eddie Cochran Story (Hal Leonard, 2003), with Bobby Cochran.
Race with the Devil: Gene Vincent's Life in the Fast Lane (St. Martin's Press, 2000)
 
Journalist
Write, fact-check, and acquire photos/art for features, interviews, and reviews for a variety of publications. Work has appeared in the Washington Post and in national magazines Spin, Creem, Goldmine, Reflex, and Old House Journal.



Education                                    
 
New York University, New York, NY. BFA, film and television production.    
Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA. Graduate work, English/journalism. 
University of California, San Diego, CA. Copyediting certificate.


 
Professional Memberships
 
Editorial Freelancers Association        
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators 


 
Editorial Services Clients
 

  • Hachette Book Group Copyediting and proofreading adult trade nonfiction and fiction.
  • Penguin Random House Copyediting and proofreading adult trade nonfiction.
  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux Copyediting and proofreading adult trade nonfiction and fiction.
  • Candlewick Press Copyediting and proofreading trade fiction and nonfiction for young readers (picture book, middle grade, young adult) and adults (Candlewick Studio).
  • HarperCollins Books for Young Readers Copyediting and proofreading trade fiction and nonfiction for young readers (picture book, middle grade, young adult).
  • Macmillan Children’s Book Group Proofreading trade fiction and nonfiction for young readers (picture book, middle grade, young adult).
  • Random House Children’s Books Proofreading trade fiction and nonfiction for young readers (picture book, middle grade, young adult).
  • Scholastic Proofreading trade fiction and nonfiction for young readers (picture book, middle grade, young adult).
  • Virginia Arts Festival Conceptualization, writing, developmental editing, copyediting, fact-checking, and photo research/acquisition for 2012–2022 education guides for internationally renowned performing arts festival.
 

Writing samples at www.issuu.com/savh.