| Manuscript evaluations, structural editing, line editing, and other editorial services.
Specializing in mystery, suspense, and thriller fiction. |
Ed Stackler spent more than seven years working as an editor for St. Martin's Press and Penguin's New American Library, two of the major trade publishers in New York. As a senior editor with NAL he discovered and edited the work of New York Times-bestselling thriller novelist Greg Iles, among others. Ed Stackler's lists included a wide range of commercial books, from mystery, suspense, and historical novels to self-improvement, pop culture, and "how-to" nonfiction titles.
A native of Idaho and graduate of Stanford University and the Radcliffe Publishing Course, Ed Stackler returned to the Bay Area in 1996 and founded Stackler Editorial Agency. He provides ms. evaluations, critiques, and analysis, structural and line-editing, consulting, and other book-doctor services for writers, agents, and publishers of commercial fiction and nonfiction. Since launching Stackler Editorial Agency, his clients have included Greg Iles, Ridley Pearson, Ted Dekker, David Dun, Eliot Pattison, Steve Alten, and many others.
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LIST OF PUBLISHED PROJECTS: |
FICTION:
- Greg Iles (Spandau Phoenix, Black Cross, Mortal Fear, The Quiet Game, 24 Hours, Dead Sleep, and Sleep No More, Penguin Putnam; Footprints of God, Blood Memory, Turning Angel, True Evil, Third Degree, and The Devil's Punchbowl, Scribner/Pocket Books; NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS)
- Ridley Pearson (Art of Deception, The Body of David Hayes, and Cut & Run, Hyperion; Killer Weekend, Punam; NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERS)
- Charlie Newton (Calumet City, Touchstone, 2008; rights sold to Bantam Press, U.K., Luitingh, Holland, Press de la Cite, France, and Einaudi, Italy)
- Paul McEuen (A Thin Strand, 2008, Dial Press)
- Tom Grace (The Secret Cardinal, 2007, Vanguard Press)
- Humphrey Hawksley (The History Book, Grand Central, 2007; paperback publication, as Security Breach, 2008)
- Philip Hawley (Stigma, Harper, 2007; rights sold to S. Fischer, Germany, Plaza 7 Janes, Spain, and AST, Russia)
- Tucker Malarkey (Resurrection, Riverhead, 2006; An Obvious Enchantment, 2000, Random House)
- David Dun (Necessary Evil, 2001, USA TODAY BESTSELLER; At the Edge, 2002; Overfall, 2003; Last Climb, 2004; and The Black Silent, 2005, Pinnacle/Kensington)
- Mark Nykanen (The Bone Parade and Search Angel, 2004-5, Hyperion)
- Tim Downs (Head Games, First the Dead, and Less than Dead, 2007-9, WestBow Press; Chop Shop and Shoo Fly Pie, 2003-4, Howard Publishing/S&S)
- Susan A. Smith (Settling the Score and The Timer Game, 2007-8, St. Martin's Press; rights also sold in the U.K., Taiwan, Italy, and Germany)
- Richard Cox (Rift and The God Particle, 2004-5, Ballantine Books)
- Holly Kennedy (The Tin Box, Tor/Forge, 2005; also published in Germany, Italy, Greece, Denmark, and France)
- Eliot Pattison (The Skull Mantra, 1999, WINNER OF MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA EDGAR ALLEN POE AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL; Water Touching Stone, 2001; and Bone Mountain, 2002, St. Martin's/Minotaur)
- Steve Alten (Meg, 1998, Doubleday; The Trench, 1999, Kensington; Domain and Resurrection, 2001 and 2003, Tor Books)
- Tim Watts (Grand Theft, 2003, Putnam)
- Richard Weber (Miss Gazillions, 2005, St. Martin's Press; Burn, Rager Media, 2007)
- Kirk Russell (Shell Games, 2003, and Night Game, 2004, Chronicle Books)
- Alan Nayes (The Unnatural, 2003, Tor/Forge)
- Jerry Kennealy (The Vatican Connection and Dancing with Fire, written under "James Brant," 2003-4, Onyx/New American Library)
- Nicolas Kublicki (The Diamond Conspiracy, 2002, Sourcebooks; translation rights sold in Germany)
- James Francis (Danger's Hour, 2002, NAL/Onyx; also published in Australia, Italy and Germany)
- Richard Golub (The Big Cut, 2000, St. Martin's Press, L.A. TIMES BESTSELLER)
- Bob King (Spooky 8, 1999, St. Martin's Press)
- Bruce Fergusson (The Piper's Sons, 1999, NAL/Dutton)
- Walt Becker (Link, 1998, Morrow)
- Michael C. Eberhardt (Witness for the Defense, 1998, NAL/Onyx)
- Bob Ovies (Lazarus Rising, published in Japan and optioned for film)
- Jay Colvin (Ninth Life, optioned for film by Kevin Spacey's Trigger Street Productions, 1999; sold to Econ Publishing in Germany, 1999)
NONFICTION:
- Peter Rost (The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Health Care Hitman, 2006, Soft Skull Press)
- Richard Rybolt (75 Ways to Beat Depression, 2005, Marlowe & Company)
- Chip Conley (The Rebel Rules: Daring to Be Yourself in Business, 2001, Fireside)
- Joshua London (Victory in Tripoli : How America's War with the Barbary Pirates Established the U.S. Navy and Shaped a Nation, 2005, John Wiley & Sons)
- Ralph Wimbish, with Arlene Howard (Elston and Me: The Story of the First Black Yankee, 2001, Univ. of Missouri Press)
SMALL PRESS/SELF PUBLISHED:
- Kenneth A. Corre, MD (The Victim Donor, 2007, iUniverse)
- Gregory Wallance (Two Men before the Storm, 2005, Greenleaf Press)
- Art Clark (The Last Campaign, 2003, PublishAmerica)
- Mark Osmun (After the Bones, 2006, and Marley's Ghost, Twelfth Night Press)
As senior editor with New American Library (NAL), a division of Penguin USA, Ed Stackler acquired and edited many books, including novels by Robert K. Tanenbaum, Gary Hardwick, Bill Blum, James Koeper, Ralph Compton, Richard Parrish, Suzann Ledbetter, and Tom Hron. References are available upon request. |
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