Amy Lemley
Agent: Jane Dystel
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States Email: amyklemley@yahoo.com Amy Lemley has worked in every facet of publishing—writing and editing for newspapers, newsletters, magazines, catalogs, advertising, books, and the Internet, for both general and specialized audiences. Through Amy Lemley Communications, she offers not only overall concept and identity development but also editorial services including copywriting and Web content providing, copyediting, proofreading, and critique to a national client base. Graphic design, prepress, and printing are also available.
As a contract publisher, she has produced effective newsletters and magazines designed to position clients as leaders in their fields by enhancing credibility and accentuating accomplishment.
Scientists, psychologists, doctors, professors, and other professionals have turned to Amy Lemley to transform their complex technical material into lively, informative prose. A seasoned book editor, Lemley has worked closely with many published authors, including a best-selling nonfiction writer, a preeminent art historian, a law school dean, and an internationally renowned environmental scientist. Lemley is also an established book collaborator and a highly trained developer of book proposals. One of her books was featured in Reader’s Digest; another was selected for the Doubleday, Literary Guild, and Book-of-the-Month clubs; a third was excerpted in a prestigious anthology.
As a freelancer, she has written for Newsweek, Nutrition Science News, Environment & Climate News, and other publications.
After getting her start as a newspaper reporter, Lemley worked as a freelance book editor for several New York publishers and later as a copy editor for a leading wellness publisher. At 25, she was named editor in chief of Albemarle, a regional lifestyle magazine; later, she became a columnist for the Charlottesville Observer. She established Amy Lemley Communications in 1992.
Interests: Creativity, Relationships, Psychology, Health, Environment, Ghostwriting, Collaboration, Book Proposals, Direct Mail, Web Content
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: Yes |
