AboutLisa L. Owens/Owens Editorial Ink
Lisa runs Owens Editorial Ink from her home near Seattle. She opened the business in 2002 after years of working in the publishing industry as an in-house editor and freelance writer-editor.
Lisa works for publishers and other businesses as a writer, editor, and editorial consultant. She writes a wide variety of materials, including children's books, short stories, curriculum materials, magazine articles, and book reviews. She edits books and other works for all age levels and in many genres, including historical fiction, reference, biography, business, home improvement, and cooking. She also teaches adult ed classes in writing and editing. As an active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association, she has served the organization as Chicagoland Chapter Coordinator (2002–2004) and in the board position of Education Chair (2004–present). Career HighlightsPrior to launching Owens Editorial Ink, Lisa spent more than a decade learning the publishing industry from the ground up. Early in her career, she did promotions work as an intern for the literary journal The Iowa Review before working as a freelance reporter for two midwestern arts-and-entertainment weeklies.
In 1993, she joined K–12 curriculum and book publisher Perfection Learning Corporation (PLC) as proofreading coordinator/copy editor. She was responsible for setting house style, supervising a team of 20 freelance proofreaders, and overseeing the copyediting and proofreading of thousands of annual publications. By 1995, Lisa had advanced to the position of editor at PLC—in that role, she managed the development of a popular line of books for middle-grade readers, managed the editorial process for several additional product lines, acquired manuscripts, worked with authors and illustrators, and wrote literature-based curriculum materials. Lisa worked for the Seattle-based international nonprofit Committee for Children (CFC) from 1998 to 2002. As senior editor, she supervised the editorial staff, managed publishing timelines, and held final responsibility for the editorial quality of the organization's award-winning social and emotional curricula. She also ran CFC's editorial board, conducted editorial workshops, wrote for the organization's journal, and served as communications liaison among the program development, research, design/marketing, and training departments. To visit Lisa's author site, click here.
Visit her children's writing blog here. To discuss a writing, editing, or consulting project, send an email—Lisa will get back to you as soon as possible. AffiliationsAuthors Guild
Editorial Freelancers Association Pacific Northwest Writers Association Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators Select ClientsABDO Publishing
Advanced Practical Thinking Training Inc. American Media Incorporated Baseline Development Group Better Homes and Gardens Books Bruegger's Bagel Bakery CityView Committee for Children Comprehensive Health Education Foundation Editorial Freelancers Association The Freelancer Gale Harcourt Achieve Heinemann Library Hooked on Phonics Houghton Mifflin ICON: Smart News and Entertainment Iowa Department of Corrections International Reading Association Looking Glass Library Magic Wagon Books Martingale & Company McGraw-Hill Meredith Books Middle-Level Learner Next Press Perfection Learning Playzak.com Prevention Update Rainbow Cleaners Red Line Editorial Rigby Rosen Publishing Group Rourke Publishing Schoolhouse Network Scott Foresman Steck-Vaughn Stone Arch Books The Writer All rights reserved. |
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