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Manuscript evaluations, structural editing, line-editing, consulting, and other book-doctor services, specializing in crime, suspense, and thriller fiction. Clients include novelists, literary agents, and publishers.

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ABOUT ME

Ed Stackler spent more than seven years working as an editor for St. Martin's Press and New American Library (NAL), two of the major trade publishers in New York City. At NAL, he discovered and began editing the work of New York Times-bestselling novelist Greg Iles. A native of Idaho and graduate of Stanford University and the Radcliffe Publishing Course, Ed Stackler founded Stackler Editorial in 1996.

 

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List of published clients and novels

List of published clients and novels:

Greg Iles (Mississippi BloodNatchez Burning, The Bone Tree, Mississippi Blood, and Cemetery Road, HarperCollins; The Devil's Punchbowl, Footprints of GodBlood MemoryTurning Angel, True Evil, and Third Degree, Scribner; Spandau PhoenixBlack CrossMortal Fear, The Quiet Game, 24 Hours, Dead Sleep, and Sleep No More, Penguin/Putnam): all New York Times bestsellers​​

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Alex Finlay 

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Andrew Bridgeman

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Matthew FitzSimmons 

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William Myers â€‹

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Ben Coes 

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Jeffrey Siger 

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James W. Hall 

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Andrew Mayne 

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Steve Alten (Meg, Doubleday; The Trench, Kensington; Domain and Resurrection, Tor Books)

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  • Meg adapted into 2018 blockbuster movie The Meg 

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Adam Mitzner 

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Todd Merer 

 

Alan McDermott 

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Reece Hirsch

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Charlie Newton â€‹

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Royce Prouty (Stoker's Manuscript, Putnam)

 

  • Publishers Weekly "Signature" boxed review

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  • 2013 Bram Stoker Award nominee for Superior Achievement in a First Novel

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Carolyn Haines  


Andrew Peterson 

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John Connell 

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Michael W. Sherer 

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Ridley Pearson 

​Anderson Harp  

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Webb Hubbell  

 

Ed Kovacs  â€‹

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Mark Nykanen 

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Mark Alpert

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Jeffrey B. Burton 

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Jutta Profijt 

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Paul McEuen â€‹

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R. B. Chesterton 

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Jeremy Wagner 

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Tim Downs 

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​​Laura Joh Rowland 

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​Tom Grace

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Humphrey Hawksley 

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Tucker Malarkey 

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David Dun

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Richard Cox 

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Holly Kennedy 

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Eliot Pattison

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Tim Watts ​

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Richard Weber 

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Kirk Russell 

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Jerry Kennealy 

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James Francis 

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Richard Golub

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Walt Becker

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SELF-PUBLISHED SUCCESSES:

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Tom Turner

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E.J. Simon

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G. M. Lawrence 

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