Patricia Callahan
Copy Editor | Proofreader | Production Editor | Writer
- Role
- Senior Copy Editor at Penguin Random House
- Location
- Portland, OR, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Patricia Callahan
BOOKS• In-house copy editor with 19 years\' book publishing experience working on literary fiction, genre fiction, and a range of nonfiction for all ages• Expertise: copyediting fiction, proofreading fiction and nonfiction, production editorial management• Multiple Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster authors request hiring me to copyedit their novels• Among the books I’ve worked on are a Pulitzer Prize finalist, two National Book Award finalists, a Hugo Award winner, four Top 10 Books of the Year selections, and several instant #1 New York Times bestsellers• Routinely hired by repeat clients• Continue to participate in writing workshops as a fiction writer• Cocreated CoverSpy• Published author of short stories, microfiction, and poetryMAGAZINES• Former Copy Chief of a magazine about soccer• Former contributing writer to and Editor in Chief, Managing Editor, and Fiction Editor of a literary magazine
Experience
Senior Copy Editor
Dec 2023 — Present
Full-time Senior Copy Editor at Random House Children\'s Books
Education
Loyola University Maryland
BA, Creative Writing, Speech Pathology
1999 — 2003
Attic Institute
Chuck Palahniuk's Writing Wrong Workshop
2017 — 2017
Sackett Street Writers' Workshop
Advanced Fiction Writing with Anna Solomon
2006 — 2006
NYU School of Professional Studies
Editing, Publishing
2006 — 2009
The Lie Factory
Chuck Palahniuk's Writing Workshop
2018 — 2020
Skills
- Editorial
- Content Strategy
- Social Media
- Non-Fiction
- Magazine Articles
- Chicago Manual
- Academic Publishing
- Textbooks
- Creative Writing
- Fiction
- Storytelling
- Grammar
- Newspapers
- Freelance Writing
- Press Releases
- Fact-Checking
- Blogging
- Line Editing
- Novels
- Literature
- Quarkxpress
- Ghostwriting
- Newsletters
- Ap Style
- Content Management
- Book Reviews
- Publicity
- Publishing
- Publications
- Copy Editing
- Editing
- Web Content
- Books
- Text Editing
- Manuscript
- Magazines
- Feature Articles
- Online Publishing
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