Michele is a versatile editor and writer with more than a decade of experience in publishing, both in print and multimedia. She is skilled in conceptualizing and developing content, and has edited illustrated content for DK Publishing, lifestyle nonfiction (entertainment/pop culture, foreign language, travel, film, food/wine, diet, self-help, music, humor, technology, and light reference) for Penguin, and business self-help for McGraw-Hill, as well as educational nonfiction for children and young adults for Pearson, The Princeton Review, and others. She is currently a senior digital editor at one of the world’s largest entertainment companies, and is the author of several nonfiction books for children and young adults. She lives in Brooklyn.

Notable Speaking

  • 2012 Guest Artist, Creative Writing: Symposium for the Arts
  • 2010 Panelist: The Landscape of Publishing at NYC Literary Club/NYU
  • 2009 Milwaukee Writer’s Festival Annual Conference
  • 2008 Freelance Success Conference
  • 2007 ASJA Annual Conference

Associations

  • Founding Chairperson: First Book-Brooklyn and Advisory Board Member: First Book-Manhattan, a nonprofit organization that helps provide access to new books for children in need in the NYC metro area.
  • Volunteer: The Everybody Wins! Foundation Power Lunch, a national literacy and mentoring nonprofit organization.
  • (Part Time) Instructor: Kaplan, literacy education for grades K-8.
  • Member: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, Women’s National Book Association (WNBA)–NYC, and Women In Publishing.

Interviews, Press, Quotes