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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.