Jodi Brandon has more than 20 years’ experience in book publishing. After graduating with BAs in professional writing and business administration, she began her career working on staff at William Morrow (now part of HarperCollins), and later moved to book packager Smallwood & Stewart and ultimately to niche publisher Career Press. In 2001, after relocating from New York to Philadelphia, Jodi launched her freelance editing business, with a specialty in nonfiction books. Though she still works with some publishing houses, including John Wiley & Sons and Skyhorse Publishing, her passion these days is independent authors readying themselves for publication, whether through a traditional publisher or via self-publishing.