Mariah Bear

Background

About Mariah Bear

Book Author & Ghostwriter • Journalist • Developmental Editor • Copyeditor • Manuscript Doctor • Proofreader • Marketing Writer • Brand Manager • Author Coach and Mentor I'm a lifelong book-publishing professional with expertise in four-color lifestyle books, high-end limited editions, and branded publishing. I have served as publisher, production manager, and acquisitions editor, as well as credited author and ghostwriter. I can manage all aspects of editorial, design, and production for a wide range of trade nonfiction titles and am equally confident managing an entire project or jumping in to handle any discrete editorial task whether you need developmental or copyediting, photo research, rights and permissions, or author coaching and managerment. Clients have included celebrity chefs, top movie studios, and major lifestyle magazines, among many others. I have worked for or with a wide range of publishing and media companies, including travel writer and editor for Lonely Planet Travel (publisher, restaurant guide author, California regional specialist) • Ten Speed Press (ghostwrote travel and cookery books) • New York Magazine (journalist covering food and drink, cultural topics, and more) • Pearson • Insight Editions • Weldon Owen • Chronicle Books • Popular Photography • The Village Voice • Popular Science • Outdoor Life • The Yosemite Conservancy • Field & Stream • Career Press • The Walt Disney Family Foundation • MacGraw-Hill • LucasFilm • Parenting Magazine • The University of California Press • The Exploratorium Museum • Kimbal Musk • Jon Meachum • Random House • and more