I’m a U.S. journalist living in Bangkok, Thailand. As a writer, I cover business, law, travel and environmental matters. Click the categories at right to read extracts from some of my published articles. Most of these were written on a freelance basis.
As a nitpicky editor, I do everything from proofreading to very heavy rewriting. I can update your website or guidebook, or wrestle your annual report or policy study into crisp, error-free English. I started out as a news copy editor, so I long ago committed the AP stylebook to memory. I’ve also worked with Chicago and APA styles.
I’ve held staff jobs as a reporter, copy editor or editor in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Washington, D.C.
Cambodia, China, France, Greece, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand (most recently, Koh Muk and Koh Libong), Vietnam … I’ve traveled in many countries, but I know Thailand and its neighbors best of all. I’ve read a great deal about the history of Asia and wish more editors were interested in travel articles with real history.
Some writing markets: Apa Insight Guides, Asian Art News, Business Report Thailand, Far Eastern Economic Review, Forbes Asia, HotelNewsNow.com, International Environment Reporter, International Trade Reporter, The Nation (Bangkok), Psychology Today, Reader’s Digest Asia, Sawasdee, South China Morning Post, Tokyo Journal, TravelAge West, Wall Street Journal Asia.
Some editing clients: Bangkok Bank, International Institute for Energy Conservation, Japan Foundation, Stock Exchange of Thailand, Thai Board of Investment, Thai Ministry of Finance.
Interests: islands, scuba diving, swimming pools, sub-stream movies, Mekong River, trains, tea, Tai textiles, short stories, soft science, colonial history, small museums, large old houses, wildlife, human rights, intellectual property, migrant labor, medical tourism, Buddhism, Spanish, Southeast Asia, India, China.
Education: B.A. in literature, M.S. in journalism.
Languages: Decent French and Spanish; indecent Thai and Japanese.
Recently read: The Places in Between by Rory Stewart; Inside Scientology by Janet Reitman; The One Percent Doctrine by Ron Suskind; War by Sebastian Junger; Too Big to Fail by Andrew Ross Sorkin; Absurdistan by Gary Shteyngart; Scorsese on Scorsese edited by Ian Christie; Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Recently viewed: The Descendants; We Must Talk About Kevin; Hanna; Bill Cunningham New York; Melancholia; Rango; Moneyball; Beginners; Tree of Life; Fantastic Mr. Fox; Super 8; Ramona and Beezus; Killing Bono; Cedar Rapids; Bridesmaids; Contagion; The Lincoln Lawyer; Trust; Bad Teacher.
