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Hire Lisa B K.
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Book & Manuscript Editor—Medicine, Psychology, Psychiatry, Allied Heath & Nursing; Memoir; Short Fiction; Nonfiction

Profile Summary
Subject Matter Expertise
Services
Writing Technical Writing
Consulting Go-to-Market Strategy Consulting
Product Development Recipe Development, Product Evaluation, Concept Development, Product Launch Support
Work Experience

Freelance Development Editor (Books)

Cengage Learning

January 2025 - Present

Copy Editor

Soulmaker Press

January 2020 - Present

Freelance Developmental Editor

W. W. Norton

January 2019 - Present

Scientific Editor (IES Contractor)

Naval Health Research Center

February 2016 - Present

Owner/Director of Editorial Services

Bess Shamas & Company

2008 - Present

Scientific Editor (IES Contractor)

Warfighter Performance/Naval Health Research Center

February 2016 - January 2017

Freelance Development Editor - Sciences (Psychology/Brain Sciences, Chemistry, Biochemistry)

Oxford University Press, North America

May 2015 - December 2016

Freelance Development Editor (Books)

Oxford University Press USA

May 2015 - December 2016

Freelance Book Editor (Fiction: Novels & Short Stories; Creative Nonfiction: Novels, Memoirs, Essays, Dissertations)

Bess Shamas & Company

October 2008 - December 2016

Education

N/A

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine -- Continuing Ed Courses -- Mini Medical School

March 2013 - December 2016

N/A -- Continuing Education/Mini Medical School Courses

Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine

February 2013 - 2016

MFA Fiction Writing & the Teaching of Writing

Columbia College Chicago

February 1996 - June 1998

MFA Fiction Writing & the Teaching of Writing (Fiction Writing)

Columbia College Chicago

February 1996 - June 1998

BA Communications w/Emphasis on Creative Writing

Pepperdine University

August 1990 - August 1994

BA Communications/Creative Writing (Communications)

Pepperdine University

August 1990 - August 1994

Certifications

  • MFA in Creative Writing

    Columbia College Chicago

    June 1998 - Present