About me

I have been a professional book editor for nearly four decades, at G.P. Putnam’s Sons, Doubleday and the Crown/Random House Publishing Group. I retired from Penguin Random House in January of 2020, to work full time as a ghostwriter, editor and publishing consultant, working on books and book proposals.

In addition to my freelance work, this summer I joined Kevin Anderson & Associates as a Senior Executive Editor, working with their talented staff of editors and writers in developing transformative fiction and non-fiction. Please reach out to me in my capacity as executive editor at roger@kawriting.com

Over the course of my career I have worked on 55 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers, including books that have become classics in their category – The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi, Switch by Chip and Dan Heath, and Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith. I am eager to apply what I have learned in the trenches over the years to help you make your book the best it can be, to reach the national audience you deserve.