Ruth
Greenstein
rg@greenlinepublishing.com (212)
741-1393
SpecialtiesLiterary fiction, biography and memoir, social issues,
cultural criticism, the arts, travel, nature, health and psychology,
religion and spirituality, poetry, media companions, reference, photo-She has been fortunate to work with esteemed writers such as Anita Shreve, Alice Walker, John Ashbery, Erica Jong, and Dennis Lehane, as well as gifted newcomers, and professionals from many fields. Her editorial credits include Winterdance:
The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen (a national bestseller), A Journey with Elsa Cloud by Leila Hadley (a New York Times Notable Book), The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O’Doherty (a Booker Prize finalist), Return of the Condor: The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction by John Moir, and recently, The Assassin’s Accomplice: Mary Surratt and the Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln by Kate Clifford Larson, and forthcoming books on Anna Freud and Leonard Bernstein.
She provides manuscript evaluation, proposal development, substantive editing, cowriting and ghostwriting, synopsis writing, career guidance, and advice on approaching agents and publishers. Equally skilled at working with first-timers and published authors, she helps clients develop their ideas, shape their materials, refine their voices, polish their presentations, and navigate the publishing scene.
Music and poetry are among her passions, along with the nature of California, the culture of New York, and exploring the unfamiliar in language and the world.