The Editing Team

Stacy C. Abrams, Senior Editor – Entangled
Stacy Abrams started in the publishing industry in 2002, most recently leaving a seven-year stint at Bloomsbury Publishing’s children’s division to join the Entangled team. Stacy has edited such award-winning and high-caliber YA authors as Jessica Warman, Tracy Deebs, Alex Scarrow, and Michelle Rowen, among many others, and her books have earned starred reviews from all the major review journals. In addition to editing, she has been a freelance copy editor for several major New York publishing houses. She earned her Bachelor’s in English at Northwestern University and currently resides in New York City with her husband and too-cute puppy. Find her on Twitter at @StacyAbramsEdit.

Stacy loves working on contemporary teen stories, even if they have a supernatural bend. Some of her favorite projects she’s edited have been Jessica Warman’s Between (contemporary ghost/murder mystery story), Tracy Deebs’s Tempest series (mermaid paranormal romance), and Loretta Ellsworth’s In a Heartbeat (dual narratives from the POV of an organ donor and recipient). She’d love to see more psychological thrillers, unique paranormal creatures, time travel, gritty across-the-tracks romances, or a historical set in the twentieth century. In the adult genre, Stacy loves light contemporary romances, ripped-from-the-headlines thrillers, friendship stories, and suspense. She doesn’t tend to lean toward vampires, zombies, adult historicals, or high-heat levels—though if any one were done in just the right way, she wouldn’t say no!

Heather Howland, Senior Editor – Entangled, Flirts, and Ever Afters
Award-winning young adult author Heather Howland began editing in the legal, industrial, and technical sectors eight years ago while working as a Production Manager. She has since honed her fiction editing skills as a freelancer and as the former acquisitions editor of a small romance publisher. Heather regularly hosts craft chats and teaches editing workshops for various organizations. She holds a BS in creative writing and psychology, which she channels into her love of dark, romantic fiction. Find her on Twitter at @HeatherHowland.

Heather loves all subgenres of YA, especially darker, twisting plots with a literary voice, and contemporary YA reminiscent of Stephanie Perkins and Jennifer Echols. In adult romance, she enjoys Susan Elizabeth Phillips and Lora Leigh-style contemporary, accessible sci-fi, quirky fantasy, and unique paranormal series that present fresh takes on familiar tropes such as best friends to lovers, love triangles, heroes falling for their best friend’s forbidden little sister, and tight-knit groups (Navy SEAL teams, fire departments, roommates, brothers, etc.). While she’ll look at anything with a fantastic voice, Heather generally avoids cozies, urban fantasy, historical, hard sci-fi, high fantasy, shifters, zombies, and Plain Jane heroines.

Erin McCormack Molta, Senior Editor – Entangled
Erin McCormack Molta has worked as an editor for more than 23 years. She started out in the Scholastic Book Clubs, then moved on to Disney, where she acquired and edited Paul Zindel’s gruesome, but bestselling YA thrillers. Erin has worked on every genre imaginable—all types of novelty books, easy readers, and picture books, as well as chapter books, middle grade, and YA novels—and is now looking forward to working with adult romantic fiction.

Erin’s passion has always been romance and fantasy—both adult and YA. She’s looking for stories about futuristic worlds with alien creatures, and medieval lands with fairies and goblins and witches. Erin also loves quirky contemporary adult romances—the girl next door who-may-not-be-as-she-seems, as well as historical “bodice-rippers.” Independent and strong-minded women preferred. She would also love to see credible disaster/survivalist stories—those who have lost it all but manage to survive, thrive, and find love. And she delights in tales of the paranormal—zombies, ghouls, ghosts, and werewolves welcome!

Liz Pelletier, Senior Editor – Entangled and Indulgence
Liz Pelletier is co-founder and managing partner of Savvy Media Services, which owns Savvy Authors, Savvy Readers, and Entangled Publishing. In addition to running a successful online writing community, Liz teaches courses on editing, query writing, and contract negotiations. She has also held board positions for various writing associations, managed and organized several writing conferences, and hosted a variety of free educational workshops for aspiring and established authors. Find her on Twitter at @Liz_Pelletier.

Liz also maintains her own stable of authors with whom she either personally edits or works with an Associate Editor as a guiding influence and mentor. Liz prefers quirky romances, science fiction, dark paranormals, and just about any kind of YA except “issue” books.

Nina Bruhns, Senior Editor – Dead Sexy
Award-winning author Nina Bruhns has penned more than thirty books. An industry pioneer, Nina worked as an editor for one of the very first e-publishers. Because of her background in screenwriting, she has had the opportunity to work with Hollywood legend Blake Snyder, as well as the phenomenal writing teacher and coach David Freeman. She is also the long-time organizer of the renowned Lowcountry Jumpstart Masterclass and Beach Retreat. Find her on Twitter at @NinaBruhns.

Nina is seeking category-length romantic suspense of all kinds. Her personal favorites are intimate strangers, alpha heroes, spec-ops, westerns, fast-paced adventures, and hot, hot, hot. She doesn’t love kids and babies on the page. However, for Dead Sexy, the Nina Bruhns Collection, she is open to seeing pretty much anything—as long as it’s compelling and well written!

Ruth Homrighaus, Senior Editor – Indulgence
Ruth spent her formative years studying too much and hiding romance novels in her closet in order to avoid the merciless teasing of her two older brothers. After rocking an English and history double major in college and earning a Ph.D. in British history that she’s put to remarkably little use, she launched a freelance nonfiction editing business that built on five years’ acquisitions experience with a scholarly publisher. Eight years later, Ruth moved into both writing and editing fiction. She pens humorous contemporary romance as Ruthie Knox. Find her on Twitter at @ruthieknox.

Ruth loves contemporary romance of all stripes. Bring on your sheiks, your friends-to-lovers stories, your boss-secretary shenanigans, your marriages of convenience, and your accidental pregnancies! Ruth falls for strong, feminist heroines who know what they want. Heroes may be alpha or beta, chatty or taciturn, grumpy or charming, besotted or deeply scarred–just so long as they’re manly and they end up so madly in love with the heroine that it cuts them off at the knees, she’s happy. She’s a connoisseur of hot sex scenes, witty dialogue, and anything that will make her cry. She swoons over stories that nudge at genre boundaries, so if you have a clever twist on category conventions, she’s your girl.

Adrien-Luc Sanders, Senior Editor – Flirts and Ever Afters
Adrien comes from a background in freelance fiction editing, with over 9 years of experience for various clients before moving into in-house work as a content, managing, and acquisitions editor for publishers specializing in growing the digital marketplace. His experience spans both adult and YA, with expertise in nearly every genre. He’s also an author who writes diversity-oriented sci-fi and urban fantasy, primarily centered on people of color and the LGBT spectrum. Find him on Twitter at @smoulderingsea.

His current interests run towards sci-fi, contemporary, and urban fantasy—the darker, the better—with a love for gritty dystopian, cyberpunk, steampunk, supernatural, and that rare cross-genre gem. He likes stories falling into that gray area of the battle between good and evil, with strong antiheros and believable villains, or heroes who face temptation and corruption and don’t always get away unscathed, though he can also be won over by quirkiness, sweetness, and humor, with a love of oddball characters and whimsy. He’s also interested in stories that portray people of color and LGBT people as mainstream characters whose cultural, ethnic, sexual, and gender diversity are enhancements to their character rather than the primary focus of the story.

Anna DeStefano, Editor – Dead Sexy
As a best-selling, award-winning novelist, Anna DeStefano has published fourteen category romance novels with Harlequin/Silhouette, and two mainstream sci-fi/fantasy novels. She’s a freelance fiction editor and Senior Technical writer, and the former President and a current board member of Georgia Romance Writers. An international speaker and writing coach, she’s presented craft workshops, half-day programs, and weekend retreats to over sixty groups. Her fiction publishing awards include twice receiving the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice Award, the National Reader’s Choice Award, Book Buyers Best Award, Holt Medallion, and the Golden Heart. Find her on Twitter at @annadestefano.

Anna is looking for fresh voices and out-of-the-box suspense stories that meet the Dead Sexy guidelines, while still surprising her. She love strong characters and classic romance hooks that twist in new, unexpected directions. Make her become a part of your characters’ reality. She wants to feel their breathless responses to each exciting plot twist. Anna loves both edgy and sweet stories, as long as the emotions you paint are real and larger than life. Sexy is great, but on every page make Anna’s heart pound and her mouth water for more of your story, as well as your hot, hot hot romance!

Marie Loggia-Kee, Editor – Flirts and Ever Afters
Marie Loggia-Kee’s work can be found in more than 150 magazines and seven anthologies. She has  a strong background in journalism, a master’s degree in communications, and a master’s degree in English. In addition to publishing romantic fiction under a penname, she edits and writes for a variety of venues, and teaches college classes in journalism, English, film studies and popular culture.

Marie would like to see contemporary, sensual small-town settings, along the lines of Robyn Carr’s Virgin River or Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold. She would also would like to see submissions with culture and sass similar to Alisa Valdes-Rodriquez and Mary Castillo. Within the paranormal realm, Marie is craving a strong female protagonist who’s fighting the bad guys rather than simply jumping into bed with one of them, who has a love interest that’s not the vampire she’s supposedly hunting. She’s open to F/M, F/F, and M/M pairings in all heat levels, though erotic elements must be secondary to the plot.

Kerri-Leigh Grady, Associate Editor – Entangled, Indulgence, Flirts, and Ever Afters
Kerri-Leigh Grady spends her spare time perfecting canning techniques and stockpiling machetes, coffee, and QuikClot. When she’s not preparing for the zombie apocalypse, she drinks an insane amount of coffee and pretends to be just another soccer mom. She has an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University, where she studied urban fantasy, horror, and romance. Find her on Twitter at @KL_Grady.

She loves paranormal romance and UF worlds that aren’t complicated by numerous mythical beasties, smart romantic comedy, dark comedy, romantic thrillers/suspense/horror, dystopian romance including steampunk, reunions, BFFs falling in love, marriage of convenience, [strong] woman in jeopardy, man in jeopardy, supernatural elements, clever monster elements, multi-cultural characters, alpha nerds, high stakes adventure, and general hilarity. She’s open to F/M, F/F, and M/M pairings in all heat levels, though erotic elements must be secondary to the plot.

Catherine Kean, Associate Editor – Entangled

Multi-award-winning historical and contemporary romance author Catherine Kean double-majored in English and History (first class) at the University of Victoria, B.C., Canada. Her historical novels have garnered numerous accolades, including two Reviewer’s Choice Awards and the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.

Catherine enjoys historical romance novels with lush settings and strong emotional conflicts between the hero and heroine. She loves all kinds of historical settings—medieval castles, pirate ships, Regency ballrooms, and Victorian drawing rooms, to name a few—as well as historicals with pararnormal or fantasy elements. Snappy contemporaries with or without fantasy or paranormal elements are also on her wish list.

Libby Murphy, Associate Editor – Entangled, Indulgence, Flirts, and Ever Afters
Although she holds a BS in public health, Libby’s true love has always been books. She writes urban fantasy for adults and young adults, has a minor in writing, and has worked as a freelance writer and editor. Find her on Twitter at @Libby_Murphy.

Libby would like to see submissions for adults and young adults written with a killer voice, and she especially loves quirky characters and plots. She loves sci-fi with aliens, robots, and high tech; urban fantasy and time travel; contemporary romance; women’s fiction with a strong romantic element; and suspense and mysteries. She craves humor, anti-heroes, and underdogs, and strong, capable heroines are a must.

Lewis Pollak, Associate Editor – Entangled
A student of philosophy, psychology, and the sciences, Lewis Pollak has an appreciation for both characters with complex motivations and stories that are thought-provoking. Find him on Twitter at @LewisPollak.

Lewis loves books that take readers to new worlds, whether they are alien landscapes, alternate histories, or contemporaries with a twist. He also enjoys books that strike a balance between serious and humorous moments. While partial to all sorts of speculative fiction from high fantasy and urban fantasy (but not Keith Urban fantasies) to science fiction and paranormal, interesting characters with genuine emotions and snappy retorts usually win him over regardless of genre.

Kerry Vail, Associate Editor – Entangled, Flirts, and Ever Afters
Kerry holds a BA in English: Writing and Editing with a minor in Classical Studies from NC State University. She has extensive freelance editing experience, and teaches various fiction writing classes at a local college. In addition to editing, Kerry writes science fiction, romantic fantasy, and paranormal romance. Find her on Twitter at @kerryadrienne.

Kerry loves the whole spectrum of speculative fiction, from hard scifi to space opera to sociological. She loves dystopian futures and alternate histories, especially when combined with a compelling voice and an unusual twist. She also enjoys urban fantasy, high fantasy, and paranormal thrillers, and gravitates toward strong female leads who are intelligent and can save themselves and fall in love. She is open to stories of love in any of its many forms and any heat level.

Josh Vogt, Associate Editor – Entangled
Josh Vogt has a passion for reading and writing speculative fiction. He’s seen all sides of the publishing industry and is currently working with a literary agent to get his novels published. He brings to the team his love for books, plus a desire to help aspiring authors in their quest for publication success. Find him on Twitter at @JRVogt.

Josh is interested in all major and minor elements of fantasy and science fiction, from urban fantasy to steampunk to space opera to paranormal romance. He loves stories that suck him in without warning and compel him to keep reading thanks to fascinating characters and powerful worldbuilding.

Vicky Burkholder, Copy Editor
For the past twenty years, Vicky has worked in various areas of publishing including writing, editing, reviewing, acquisitions, and bookselling. With degrees in education and library science, she brings a love of all things book related to the job. She enjoys fantasy, science fiction, and paranormals, but reads just about everything, which her huge shelves of TBR can attest to. Find her on Twitter at @vickyburkholder.

Chris Gage, Copy Editor
Chris Gage has been a copyeditor for more than 10 years and has worked with many publishing houses both large and small. He has edited business, romance, sci-fi, fantasy, and thrillers.

Suzanne Johnson, Copy Editor
Over the past twenty-plus years, Suzanne Johnson has won more than fifty national awards for editing and feature writing through her work in higher education. She is also an author of urban fantasy and paranormal romance. Her new series, set in post-Katrina New Orleans, begins with the release of ROYAL STREET in April 2012 from Tor Books. Find her on Twitter at @Suzanne_Johnson.

Rory Olsen, Copy Editor
Rory Olsen has a background in business and law, and she honed her eye for detail in the corporate world. She freelances for several leading electronic and print publishers, and has a broad range of editing experience across many genres. Find her on Twitter at @RoryOlsen.

If you have extensive editing experience and would like to be considered for our editing team, please send your resume and a cover letter to Heather Howland.