Jenna Free

Jenna Free is a freelance writer and editor for Girl Friday Productions, and her experiences have covered a wide swath of the publishing world. She was the executive editor for the Gail Ross Literary Agency (gailross.com), and senior editor for the book producer becker&mayer (beckermayer.com). She has written for Seattle Magazine, Seattle Bride, Northwest Home + Garden, and Best Places Seattle. Jenna ghostwrote John Lennon: The New York Years, and has developed book projects with clients as varied as Lucasfilm, David McCullough, and the estates of Tupac Shakur and Audrey Hepburn.

Kris Fulsaas

Fulsaas is a freelance editor and proofreader, specializing in guidebooks and similar nonfiction. Her clientele includes Countryman Press, Fulcrum Publishing, University of Washington Press and Sasquatch Books. In her 24 years in the publishing field, Fulsaas has been production editor for Alaska Northwest Books, and a production manager for two travel magazines. She earned a bachelor of arts degree from The Evergreen State College.

Niquette Kelcher

Niquette specializes in Web content management and currently works for the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. She teaches "MS Word for Editors" and "The Web-Savvy Editor" for the Editing Certificate program through University of Washington Extension, of which she herself is a 2004 graduate. She is the author of the "Technology for Editors" blog at www.tech4editors.com. Niquette has a degree in Education from Western Washington University and is a member of the Northwest Independent Editors Guild and Olympia Communicators Group.

Leslie Miller

After receiving her master's degree in English, Leslie Miller went to work in publishing. The former senior editor of Seal Press, she has worked in the publishing industry for nearly ten years, and has experience in editorial, publicity and marketing, and design. Her own writing has been published in various anthologies and magazines, and she also edited an anthology entitled Women Who Eat, published in 2003. Currently, Leslie is the executive editor of momsrising.org, a public policy non-profit, and a partner in Girl Friday Productions, an editorial consulting firm.

Kim Runciman

Runciman is freelance editing professional with a wide range of editorial, publications management, corporate communications, and writing experience. A former copyeditor at online news and opinion magazine Slate, she was also the editor of the popular Dear Prudence column. Runciman was previously a copyeditor at Landor Associates, a worldwide packaging design and branding firm, and the editor of The Sound Consumer, PCC's member newspaper. She has been a copyeditor and writer on numerous fiction and creative nonfiction publications and e-zines, and often speaks about editing topics at workshops and conferences.

Cherie Tucker

Owner of GrammarWorks, Tucker specializes in teaching language skills to professionals. She is an international speaker, editor and award-winning writer who has been on the radio and appeared on television. Her columns on grammar and usage have appeared in local and regional publications. Tucker has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington, and extensive experience in advertising, marketing and public relations.

Instructors are subject to change.