Greenline Publishing Consultants

“A truly brilliant job of editing. I find this brief proposal really exciting—even for me, the writer!”

—Sallie Bingham
Meet Me in the Garden:
Rodin and His Circle at the
Hotel Biron, 1908–1917
(work-in-progress)

“Ruth Greenstein is a superb editor. As a result of her fine and careful work, all of the book projects I’ve given her have not only received excellent reviews, but have also been nominees and winners of major awards and prizes. When anyone asks me to recommend a great editor for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or even poetry, Ruth’s name is always at the very top of my list.”

—Jonathan D. Rabinowitz
Publisher
Turtle Point Press

“Ruth Greenstein is an extraordinary wordsmith. Ruth used her intelligence and good humor to sprinkle magic over my words.”

—John Moir
Return of the Condor:
The Race to Save Our Largest
Bird from Extinction



“A truly brilliant job of editing. I find this brief proposal really exciting—even for me, the writer!” —Sallie Bingham Meet Me in the Garden: Rodin and His Circle at the Hotel Biron, 1908–1917 (work-in-progress) “Ruth Greenstein is a superb editor. As a result of her fine and careful work, all of the book projects I’ve given her have not only received excellent reviews, but have also been nominees and winners of major awards and prizes. When anyone asks me to recommend a great editor for fiction, nonfiction, memoir, or even poetry, Ruth’s name is always at the very top of my list.” —Jonathan D. Rabinowitz Publisher Turtle Point Press “Ruth Greenstein is an extraordinary wordsmith. Ruth used her intelligence and good humor to sprinkle magic over my words.” —John Moir Return of the Condor: The Race to Save Our Largest Bird from Extinction		Ruth Greenstein Director & Executive Editor Ruth Greenstein has worked in the book publishing industry since 1989. A founding member of the independent editors alliance Words into Print, she has been a staff editor at Harcourt, Ecco, and the publishing division of GoodTimes Entertainment. Among the bestselling and award-winning authors she has worked with are Anita Shreve, Erica Jong, John Ashbery, and Dennis Lehane. Her editorial credits include Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Paulsen (a national bestseller), A Journey with Elsa Cloud by Leila Hadley (a New York Times Notable Book), The Deposition of Father McGreevy by Brian O'Doherty (a Booker Prize finalist), and Warrior Marks: Female Genital Mutilation and the Sexual Blinding of Women by Alice Walker and Pratibha Parmar (a documentary film companion). Her writing credits include contributions to The First-Book Market: Where and How to Publish Your First Book and Make It a Success (Macmillan), The World's Greatest Buildings: Masterpieces of Architecture and Engineering (Time-Life Books), and The New York Public Library Literature Companion (Simon & Schuster). “I have had the great fortune to be mentored by some of the best in the arts, letters, and publishing,” says Greenstein. “They took this naïve Brooklyn/San Diego gal, gave me extraordinary opportunities, wise counsel, and models of excellence, and helped shape me into a true New York editor. I am ever grateful to: Helène Aylon, Marshall Blonsky, Grace Budd, Dan Halpern, Kai Keya, Helen Marx, Daphne Merkin, Rubin Pfeffer, Jonathan Rabinowitz, John Radziewicz, Cork Smith, Leslie Stoker, Claire Wachtel, and Drenka Willen. Think where man’s glory most begins and ends / And say my glory was I had such friends.” [W. B. Yeats] Ruth Greenstein was educated at the University of California, Berkeley; the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania; and Deutsches Haus at NYU. Music, poetry, and people are among her passions, along with the nature of California, the culture of New York, the streets of Berlin, and the smell of new books. ASSOCIATES Charlotte Carter, Editorial Consultant Erin Harte, Junior Consultant Irene Reichbach, Senior Consultant Celia Wren, Editorial Consultant