Before freelancing, Nancy Dorman-Hickson was a national award-winning editor with Time Inc.'s Southern Living (http://www.SouthernLiving.com) and Progressive Farmer (http://www.dtnProgressiveFarmer.com) magazines for 18 years and received praise for her writing from Harper Lee, Pat Conroy, Naomi Judd, Fannie Flagg, Sue Monk Kidd, Anne Rice and many more. Now she is an author, co-author; an editor and a writer for print, web, and public relations clients; and a speaker. Her work experience includes co-writing a memoir with Joanne King Herring, the woman portrayed by Julia Roberts in the film, "Charlie Wilson's War." Diplomacy and Diamonds: My Wars from the Ballroom to the Battlefield, a bestseller, was released in October 2011 by Hachette/Center Street. She has taught at the college level, served as a desk editor for a small town newspaper, and worked in public relations and marketing. Nominated for a National Magazine Award (http://www.magazine.org/asme/national-magazine-awards), she's also received top honors from the National Federation of Press Women (http://www.nfpw.org/) and was twice named Writer of the Year by the American Agriculture Editors Association (http://www.ageditors.com/).Specialties: Co-writing, writing, or editing/proofing book-length nonfiction in the following categories:memoirbiographyreligious/spiritualitytravelliteraryessayPrint, web and public relations writing in the following categories:Travel and eventsPersonality profileHomesGardenFoodHealth and WellnessEnvironmental and Conservation IssuesCelebrity coverageBusiness FeaturesHumorEssayLiterary ReviewSpeaker on writing and related topicsSee www.NancyDormanHickson.com, tab "Services."