Frances Lefkowitz Email & Phone Number

Petaluma, CA, US

Worldwide

Helping clients on creative and technical projects, including short stories, books, articles, and reports.

Worldwide, Remote

Manning is one of the premier publishers of high-quality books and videos that teach the latest in computer technologies to practitioners wanting to improve their skills. As Development Editor, I serve as editor, coach, and project manager on for books on topics as diverse as deep learning, stream applications, React programming, PowerShell administration.

San Francisco Bay Area

The CMP is a grant-funded organization I started to bring memoir-writing classes to underserved populations in public libraries, then produce anthologies of their collected stories, as a kind of "history of the rest of us." I write the grants, teach the classes, and produce the books. www.communitymemoir.org

Wrote feature articles, columns, service articles, book reviews, blog posts, and interviews on travel, food, books, nutrition, wellness, and personal growth for National Geographic online, Good Housekeeping, Martha Stewart's Whole Living, Natural Health, Health, San Francisco Chronicle, The Sun, and more.

New York, NY

As book reviewer, I selected and wrote capsule reviews for four books per issue, including fiction, memoir, and nonfiction by bestselling and up-and-coming authors. I also wrote researched features: Taking Risks; the Benefits of Storytelling; Finding Passions after a Certain Age; and New Rules for Time Management.

In charge of food & nutrition, travel, and books, I wrote and assigned/edited features, shorts, interviews, and and book reviews.

Brooklin, Maine

A project of WoodenBoat magazine, Hope covered social issues, politics, arts, and environment. I assigned, edited, and wrote features, shorts, and interviews.