“Vanessa is a sensitive editor and supremely careful production planner. Her typesetting is flawless. One of the best publishing professionals I’ve worked with in some thirty years of writing.”
MARK KINGWELL, AUTHOR OF QUESTION AUTHORITY: A POLEMIC ABOUT TRUST IN FIVE MEDITATIONS
“Vanessa Stauffer very much added to the fun for me of being published by Biblioasis. Smart, amusing, passionate, and approachable, she’s also an original, and has the true literary mind—a rare thing these days. I felt in very good hands with her around.”
LUCY ELLMANN, BOOKER PRIZE–SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF DUCKS, NEWBURYPORT
“Working with Vanessa on my last book was a pure pleasure. She brought all the skills you hope for in an editor: all-round word-moxie, sensitivity to voice and vision, collaborative flexibility, and clear and direct (and patient!) communication that allowed us to hash out tricky points, often with enjoyable sidebar chats about grammar and etymology and other fun stuff. When the editing was done, she was just as astute and meticulous on production matters. She is a Swiss army knife of book-making, and at moments I had the sneakily self-sabotaging wish that my book might remain unfinished so that we could go on working together.”
MIKE BARNES, AUTHOR OF SLEEP IS NOW A FOREIGN COUNTRY
“Vanessa’s highly skilled professionalism and astute judgment make her a dream to work with. Over the course of four books, I’ve relied with absolute trust on her exceptional editorial eye and ear. Add in her expertise at typesetting and shepherding complex production schedules, and her detailed knowledge of all aspects of publishing in general, from acquisition to promotion and publicity—and consider her indispensable.”
ELISE LEVINE, AUTHOR OF BIG OF YOU
“Working with Vanessa on my book was one of the most rewarding literary experiences of my life. She always knows when a word isn’t quite right, when a sentence needs another beat, and she helps her writers to write better. In my case, she also managed a complex project that involved photographs and images of artworks and made sure it all came together into a beautiful package that was delivered on time. I was almost sorry when our work was finished because I didn’t have a good reason to call her up anymore.”
JEANNIE MARSHALL, AUTHOR OF ALL THINGS MOVE: LEARNING TO LOOK IN THE SISTINE CHAPEL
“I’ve worked with Vanessa Stauffer in her capacity as both managing editor and book designer, and in all cases I’ve felt I was in good hands: because she believes in me, because she believes in poetry—and because she really believes there is an audience out there for my writing, and is determined to help me find it. This, by shaping the rhetoric of the book—its internal and external design—in a way that communicates what it is, so that its people can find it.”
Vanessa Stauffer 