Leah Brown
Book Editor
Please see below for a sample list of book projects I have worked on and in what capacity. Note: This is not a full list.
Past Projects
My past clients have included Beyond Words Publishing (an imprint of Atria Books/Simon & Schuster, Inc.), Taylor & Francis, Routledge, IT Revolution Press, Bookbright Media, and Radiant Crown Publishing. I’ve also worked with several independent authors. Here are a few examples of titles I’ve worked on:
Developmental Editing
Deming’s Journey to Profound Knowledge by John Willis (IT Revolution Press)
Industrial DevOps: Build Better Systems Faster by Dr. Suzette Johnson and Robin Yemen (IT Revolution Press)
The Value Flywheel Effect: Power the Future and Accelerate Your Organization to the Modern Cloud by David Anderson, Mark McCann, and Michael O'Reilly (IT Revolution Press)
Santa’s Boardroom: A Story of Brand Reinvention by Lisa Lee (Lila & Company, LLC)
Unseen Terror by Thorn Osgood (MC Green Enterprises LLC)
Orbital Insurance Adjuster: Adventures of a Jump Space Accountant Book 2 by Andrew Moriarity (Amazon Digital Services)
Shifter by Willy Yonkers (Independent)
Imagination Warriors by Marc Romanelli (Little Roman Press)
Fashion Rebels: Style Icons Who Changed the World Through Fashion by Carlyn Cerniglia Beccia (Aladdin/Beyond Words Publishing)
Ignite by Danielle Rogland (RainTown Press)
Artemis Dreamt by Crystal Beran (RainTown Press)
Copyediting/Technical Edit
Unbundling the Enterprise: APIs, Optionality, and the Science of Happy Accidents by Stephen Fishman and Matt McLarty (IT Revolution Press)
It’s Over or It’s Eden by Rebecca N. Zornow
Realm of Wraiths by Taylor Balasavage (Aurealia Leo)
Eclipsed by Kathryn Hoff
The Original Young Turk: Stories and Life Lessons from an American Dream Come True by Dogan Uygur
Santa’s Boardroom: A Story of Brand Reinvention by Lisa Lee (Lila & Company, LLC)
Finding the Elsewhere by Greg Mendell (Independent)
Black and Blue (Red and Black Book Two) by Nancy O’Toole Meservier
Fox Theory by William Topchiev (Independent)
Every Book is a Startup: The New Business of Publishing Second Edition by Todd Satterston (O’Reilly Media)
Submerged by A.M. Deese (Aueralia Leo)
Secrets of the Great Fire Tree by Justine Laismith (Aueralia Leo)
Classic Cyborg book seven in the Liquid Cool: The Cyberpunk Detective Series by Austin Dragon (Well-Tailored Books)
Keighley & Williams’ Surgery of the Anus, Rectum and Colon, 4th Edition by Peter Sagar, et al. (Taylor & Francis)
L2 Spanish Pragmatics: From Research to Teaching edited by Domnita Dumitrescu and Patricia Lorena Andueza (Routledge)
Ignited by A. M. Deese (Radiant Crown Publishing)
Fragile Chaos by Amber R. Duell (Radiant Crown Publishing)
Sleepy Meadows by Jana Hunter (Amazon Digital Services)
Understanding and Responding to Child Sexual Exploitation edited by Helen Beckett and Jenny Pearce (Routledge)
The Routledge Companion to Accounting Information Systems edited by Martin Quinn and Erik Strauss (Routledge)
Environmental and Natural Resource Economics: A Contemporary Approach, Fourth Edition by Jonathan M. Harris and Brian Roach (Routledge)
Practical Psychopharmacology: Basic to Advanced Principles by Thomas L. Schwartz (Routledge)
Policy Entrepreneurship in Education: Engagement, Influence and Impact by James Arthur (Routledge)
Organizational Moral Learning: A Communication Approach by Ryan S. Bisel (Routledge)
Math Workstations in Action: Powerful Possibilities for Engaged Learning in Grades 3–5 by Nicki Newton (Routledge)
The Condo Book: How to Avoid Getting Burned When Buying and Living in a Home Within a Community Association by David Schwindt (Beyond Words Publishing)
Proofreading
War and Peace and IT: Business Leadership, Technology, and Success in the Digital Age by Mark Schwartz (IT Revolution Press)
The Gift of Struggle by Bobby Herrera (Bard Press)
Project to Product: How to Survive and Thrive in the Age of Digital Disruption with the Flow Framework by Mik Kersten (IT Revolution Press)
Existence Augmented by Channing Whitaker (Off Speed Press)
Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim (IT Revolution Press)
Making Work Visible: Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow by Dominica DeGrandis (IT Revolution Press)
A Seat at the Table: IT Leadership in the Age of Agility by Mark Schwartz (IT Revolution Press)
The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim, Jez Humble, Patrick Debois, and John Willis (IT Revolution Press)
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, and George Spafford (IT Revolution Press)
The Edible Camino—A Field Guide of Wild Edibles Along the Camino de Santiago by Courtney Jean Perry and Tomer Kilchevsky (Wild Guides)
Surviving Middle School: Navigating the Halls, Riding the Social Roller Coaster, and Unmasking the Real You by Luke Reynolds (Aladdin/Beyond Words Publishing)
So, You Want to Work with Animals?: Discover Fantastic Ways to Work with Animals, from Veterinary Science to Aquatic Biology by J. M. Bedell (Aladdin/Beyond Words Publishing)