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Over the last decade, I've thought Juliet Ulman had
the sharpest editorial eye in the book business. She has a real
knack for spotting talent and for getting the best out of
writers. ---Gordon Van Gelder, editor and publisher of The
Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction
Juliet Ulman is a highly skilled editor with an
uncommonly keen eye for character relationships and development.
Her name now appears at the top of the acknowledgements pages in
three of my books -- with good reason. She has helped more than I
can say, and I would not hesitate to work with her again. ---Alan
Campbell, author of the Deepgate Codex trilogy (Scar
Night, Iron Angel, and God
of Clocks)
Juliet is absolutely superb at getting inside a book
and figuring out how to make it (a lot) better. She has that rare
ability to "helicopter" from the overall sweep/story
arc of a manuscript down to the fine details and back up to the
big picture. Not only does she identify problems with a text that
everyone else will miss, but she'll suggest creative and elegant
solutions that really help you unlock your book's potential (as
well as identifying your own blind spots). Bottom line is that
you'll be a much better writer for having worked with her--I
thank my lucky stars that she was my editor on MIRRORED HEAVENS,
and can't recommend her more highly. ---David J. Williams,
author of The Mirrored Heavens and The
Burning Skies
Working with Juliet Ulman on my first two novels was
not just a process by which those books became much better,
clearer versions of themselves but an experience that ultimately
led to me becoming a better writer. I learned a lot from her keen
eye and her searching questions. Juliet has an ability to find
any possible false panels in the walls of a book, and she knows
how to talk about those flaws in such a way that, after
discussing issues or problems she's located, I found myself
excitedly pushing further and further, to make a better book, and
to make the next book a better book before I even started writing
it.
Along with this, she's one of the friendliest people
I've ever had the chance to work with... She exhibits a rare and
special thoughtful quality that goes beyond personal
interactions, that is displayed in relationship to the books she
edits as well. ---Christopher Barzak, author of One
for Sorrow and The Love We Share Without
Knowing
Juliet was my first professional editor, and I often
said that I had done something right in a previous life to get to
work with her in this one. My first novel needed a lot of work,
and not only did she see the good book buried in my rookie
mistakes, but was infinitely kind, patient, and clear in her
critiques. She is a vastly intelligent, sensitive editor who
always made me more excited about my own books, and inspired me
to push myself harder to live and write up to her standards. She
is also a wonderful human, and my professional relationship with
her during our time at Bantam was one of the most rewarding of my
life. Any one of us would be lucky to get her to cast her eye to
our manuscripts again. ---Catherynne M. Valente, author of
The Orphan's Tales and Palimpsest
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