Meet Your Editorial Team
Award-winning authors, Big Five editors, and bestselling ghostwriters — this is the team behind your book.
Kuwana
Penn/Faulkner Foundation honoree. Nearly 30 books with Random House, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins.
Jason
Irish Times #1 bestselling author. 10 books. Former senior editor at Hot Press. Directed a documentary for Amazon Prime.
Olivia
Over one million copies sold. Bestselling author with Bantam Doubleday Dell and Harlequin. Series Developer for HCI Books.
Robert
O. Henry Award and Pushcart Prize winner. Published with NYU Press and Gival Press. Screenplays optioned by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Brothers.
Monique
Developmental, line, and copy editor. Published authors include the Venice Trilogy and Everybody Pays a Vig.
Kuwana
Award-Winning Author · Ghostwriter · Editor
Literary fiction · Historical fiction · Mystery · Fantasy · Children's literature · Self-development · Spirituality
Kuwana is an award-winning author, editor, and ghostwriter whose career spans nearly 30 books for major publishers, including Random House, Simon & Schuster, HarperCollins, Hay House, and more. Her work has earned wide recognition, appearing on Newsday’s Best Books of the Year list, receiving the New York Public Library’s Books for the Teen Age Award and the Blackboard Bestsellers Medal of Courage for Angel of Harlem, and being named a finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for The Red Moon.
She has also received a Nautilus Award for TranscenDance by Michael Bernard Beckwith, and several of her collaborations—including Intuitive Rebel and Between Dad and Me—have become Amazon bestsellers.
Selected Honors:
Penn/Faulkner Foundation — Best New Voices in American Literature
Publisher’s Weekly — Best Books of the Year
Washington Post — Notable Book of the Year
Jason
Bestselling Author · Journalist · Editor
True crime · Biography · Literary fiction · Thrillers · Narrative nonfiction · Ghostwriting
Jason is a bestselling author, journalist, and editor with over a decade of experience in publishing. His ten books include titles published by Transworld/Penguin, Irish Academic Press, and Merrion Press, with two reaching #1 and #2 on the Irish Times bestseller list and multiple nominations for book of the year.
As Managing Director of Kilynon House Books, he oversaw the release of fourteen titles, managing editorial, design, and marketing across the list. He spent six years as senior editor at Hot Press, Ireland's most iconic music and culture magazine, where he also ran the publication's book division.
His editorial interests include true crime, biography, literary fiction, and thrillers. He has ghostwritten books for deputy prime ministers, billionaires, and television and sports personalities, and directed a three-part documentary for Amazon Prime.
Jason holds an MA in Political Communication from Dublin City University, a BA in Humanities, and a CELTA from Cambridge University.
"Indisputably Ireland's most talented and prolific interviewer." — Irish Daily Mail
Olivia
Bestselling Author · Book Doctor · Series Developer
Women's fiction · Mystery/suspense · Contemporary · Historical · Memoir
Olivia is a bestselling author whose novels for Bantam Doubleday Dell and Harlequin ranged from contemporary romance to psychological suspense, with well over a million copies sold worldwide. Her work consistently hit bestseller lists across multiple titles and genres.
Beyond her career as a published author, Olivia has built extensive editorial experience across fiction and nonfiction. She served in multiple capacities for HCI Books — the original publisher of Chicken Soup for the Soul — as a ghostwriter, book doctor, consultant, writing coach, and ultimately Series Developer for their groundbreaking line of reality-based romances, True Vows.
She has also served on the board of directors for Novelists, Inc., the international professional authors organization, and held the position of Newsletter Editor for NINK, where she oversaw and edited a stable of established authors' monthly columns.
Her editorial work focuses on character-driven fiction with substantial plotting, including women's fiction, mystery and suspense, contemporary and historical fiction, and memoir. She has a particular interest in coaching newer writers who value the art of storytelling and honing their craft.
Robert is an award-winning novelist, short story writer, and screenwriter. His novel Barrow's Point (Gival Press) won the Gival Press Novel Award and was a finalist for a Foreword INDIES Award. He has also published Living with Strangers, a collection of short stories with New York University Press, which won the Bobst Award for Emerging Writers.
His short fiction has been widely published in journals including Glimmer Train, Sewanee Review, and New England Review, among many others. A past story appeared in the O. Henry Awards anthology, published by Random House, and another was reprinted in the Pushcart Prize anthology.
In screenwriting, his work has been optioned by Amblin Entertainment and Warner Brothers, and he received a screenwriting fellowship from the Chesterfield Film Company's Writers' Film Project. He has been represented by the Borchardt Literary Agency and H.N. Swanson.
His editorial interests include literary fiction, psychological suspense, memoir, short fiction, historical fiction, crime fiction, and screenwriting. However, he enjoys all genres.
He lives in New York City with frequent long stays in Amsterdam.
Robert
Novelist · Screenwriter · O. Henry & Pushcart Prize Winner
Literary fiction · Psychological suspense · Memoir · Short fiction · Historical fiction · Crime fiction · Screenwriting
Mo works with new authors of novels, memoirs, and inspirational books as a developmental, line, and copy editor, helping authors accentuate their story, gain confidence in producing a publishable manuscript, refine their storytelling, and polish their writing skills while retaining their unique creative voice. She works in close partnership with authors to bridge the gap between the writer's vision and their reader's experience.
Published books Mo has helped shape include debut author Anna Bendewald's well-received Venice Trilogy (audiobooks voiced by Kristen Sieh), Anita Dixon Thomas' three semi-biographical novels (most recently Leaving Henry), and motivational speaker Craig Sotkovsky's memoir Everybody Pays a Vig. Her persistent fact-checking lends authenticity to both fiction and nonfiction.
Monique
Developmental · Line · Copy Editor
Novels · Memoir · Inspirational nonfiction · Women's fiction · Biographical fiction · Narrative nonfiction