“In our work together on Triggers, I found Roger to be a brilliant partner and collaborator in shaping the ideas and the narrative arc of the book.”
Testimonials
“Roger Scholl is a master writer and editor. My Stanford colleague Huggy Rao and I were so impressed with his skill, persistence, and nuanced knowledge of the “big things” such as developing the frame and title for our book and “the little things” such as helping us structure sentences and paragraphs and adding just the right word to make the text sing.”
-Robert Sutton, Stanford Professor and co-author (with Huggy Rao) of Scaling Up Excellence: Getting to More without Settling for Less, and The No Asshole Rule
“Roger acquired my books Thrive and The Sleep Revolution, brilliantly edited them, and helped navigate the entire process from inception to publication. A deeply hands-on editor, he was incredibly insightful in giving me feedback on ideas, direction, structure and voice. And to our delight, both became national bestsellers.”
-Arianna Huffington
“It was my good fortune as an author to work with Roger Scholl for fifteen years. His editorial eye is keen and his judgment sound. He knows a good story when he reads it, and he knows how the pieces of the story ought to be arranged to make it even better. He understands what sells, and what doesn’t. And he is a pleasure to work with: professional and personal in just the right balance.”
-H.W. Brands, the Jack S. Blanton Chair in History at the University of Texas at Austin, two time Pulitzer Prize finalist, and bestselling author of The First American and Traitor to His Class, among others.
“Roger is patient, supportive, thorough and creative…pretty much everything you would want in an editor. Big fan! Even bigly!”
-Greg Zuckerman, WSJ reporter and author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller The Greatest Trade Ever Made, and the #1 New York Times bestseller The Man Who Solved the Market
“Roger Scholl is a true visionary in the vital category of thought leadership books. I found him to be the best kind of editor – a counselor who coaches you up to higher standards of excellence. Never hesitant to point out flaws of logic, style and narrative flow in a manuscript, he always does so with great enthusiasm and empathy. Roger is an author’s editor, all the way.”
-Rich Karlgaard
Publisher and Futurist, Forbes Media
Author of Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed with Early Achievement
“In Mission in a Bottle, cofounder Barry Nalebuff and I tried a radically different approach to conveying the challenges and ultimate success of Honest Tea. We told our start-up business story in comic book form. Roger was both our advocate and cheerleader in bringing our story to the public, and we made it to the New York Times bestseller list.”
-Seth Goldman, co-founder and former TeaEO of Honest Tea
“Roger Scholl changed my life. He saw the potential in my book before I had even considered writing a proposal. And that book, Never Eat Alone, led to my starting our consulting company, Ferrazzi Greenlight. For any author looking for a partner to take their ideas out into the world, I couldn’t recommend anyone more highly.”
-Keith Ferrazzi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Never Eat Alone and Who’s Got Your Back
“Roger was an outstanding editor for both of my books. He as a patient and thoughtful presence throughout – always supportive, always attentive, always an fierce advocate. I am deeply grateful for his input and wise counsel.”
-Mimi Swartz, two time national magazine award winner, and author of Power Failure, with Sherron Watkins, and Ticker.
“Roger Scholl believed in me as an author before I was even sure myself. On each of my books, he invested great thought and energy, resulting in finished works that were unquestionably better than they would have been without his help and guidance. What more could an author ask?”