NICOLE FISCHER
EDITOR & WRITING COACH
Nicole Fischer
Freelance Book Editor and Writing Coach
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Brooklyn, NY
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A Bit About My Career Path
After over 12 years in the industry, I left traditional publishing in 2023 to work as a business writing coach at an investment and technology development firm. There, I taught writing classes to new hires, worked 1:1 with employees to strengthen their written communication skills, and edited corporate communications.
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But the call of fiction and the desire to help writers perfect their stories became too loud to ignore, and I made the choice to return to my first love (i.e., books!) at the end of 2024. I'm excited to work on new projects with new authors outside of the Big 5 environment while offering the same level of editorial feedback, guidance, support, and cheerleading I was known for as an in-house editor.
WORK HISTORY
Writing and Editing Specialist
The D. E. Shaw Group
June 2023 - January 2025
Senior Editor
HarperCollins
January 2022 - June 2023
Editor
HarperCollins
June 2017 - January 2022
Editorial Assistant, Assistant Editor, Associate Editor
HarperCollins
January 2013 - June 2017
Intern
Nancy Yost Literary Agency
January 2012 - January 2013
Business writing coach, class instructor, and internal copywriter/editor, focusing on employee skill building for the Learning & Development team and firmwide communication copyediting for the Human Capital department.
Developmental and acquisitions editor for Avon Books and William Morrow, focusing on brand management, bestselling author acquisition and relations, product development, content writing, and editing on 15+ titles a year.
Developmental editor for Avon Books and William Morrow, focusing on project management, acquisitions and client relations, product development, market research, content writing, and developmental editing for 35+ authors.
Assistant and developmental editor for Avon Books, providing administrative support to multiple VPs, SVPs, and Editorial Director, with a focus on maintaining internal databases, project management, reading, editing, writing, and market research.
Intern to three literary agents representing romance, thrillers, and other book club fiction. Read, evaluated, and recommended queries from new authors; consulted on cover designs; shared editorial feedback on client manuscripts; and drafted query responses on behalf of full-time agents.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature
University of California, Santa Barbara
Copyediting
NYU, School of Professional Studies
