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Elizabeth Bartasius

Elizabeth Bartasius is a developmental editor, Story Grid Writer Mentor, and Story Grid Certified Editor specializing in memoir, creative nonfiction, and commercial women’s fiction. She works with dedicated authors, entrepreneurs, and change-makers to uncover the heart of their story, strengthen narrative structure, and elevate voice—guiding high-potential drafts into compelling, publication-ready manuscripts. With nearly two decades… Read more »

Pamela Hines

Pam Hines is an editor, writer, book coach, and physician committed to helping aspiring authors—especially those juggling day jobs—realize their literary ambitions. She holds certificates in fiction writing, book coaching, editing, and publishing. She is certified as a Fictionary Story Coach Editor, an Author Accelerator Book Coach, and a Story Grid editor. Pam particularly enjoys… Read more »

Dave Reed

Dave Reed is a Story Grid Certified Editor and an award-winning author of science fiction and fantasy from Georgetown, Texas. After slogging alone for years through the dark in search of narrative enlightenment, Dave came to Story Grid on the recommendation of his writing coaches. Here, he found the engineering and light for stories that… Read more »

Allison Fairhurst

Allison Fairhurst is a fiction writer, book coach, and story nerd through and through. She studied Fine Arts in College and Literature and Creative Writing at University. After graduating in 2012, she continued on her path to learn the craft of writing and editing through workshops, masterclasses, many books, and of course, Story Grid. Though… Read more »

Brannan Sirratt

Brannan Sirratt is a work from home hipster (having done it since before it was cool) who believes stories are the best—and arguably only—way humans communicate and effect change. With nearly twenty years clocked in content and book development, she has grown from taking any gig within email’s reach to taking on thirty ghostwriting projects… Read more »

Dana Pittman

Dana Pittman is a USA Today bestselling author, Certified Story Grid Editor, and developmental editor specializing in romance, fantasy, and character-driven genre fiction. With more than one hundred published novels under multiple pen names, Dana brings a working author’s perspective to every manuscript she edits. Her superpower is story structure—helping writers clarify their plot, strengthen emotional stakes, and… Read more »

Kyle J Cisco

Kyle is a Story Grid Certified Editor from, Winter Springs, Florida. He is a disabled Air Force Veteran, utilizing his discipline and attention to detail as an aircraft mechanic to check the structural integrity of your story. He is a writer working on a flintlock fantasy thriller series and horror story anthology. He has three… Read more »

Joanne Haines

Joanne Haines is a Story Grid Certified Editor and Author Accelerator Certified Book Coach based near Anchorage, Alaska. Her superpower is seeing and fixing both macro and micro issues in a manuscript while having authentic relationships with writers. While zooming in and out with her editorial lens on the page, she won’t lose sight of… Read more »

Krista Adams

Krista Adams is a writer, teacher and Story Grid Certified Editor and Mentor based in the Washington, DC area. She holds an MFA in poetry from Indiana University and has taught creative writing, composition, and rhetoric at the college level. Krista spent years as a freelance writer, producer, and “story hunter” for documentary television, contributing to networks… Read more »

Rachel Arsenault

Rachel Arsenault is a developmental editor with nearly a decade of experience, specializing in crime and fantasy. Through manuscript evaluations, co-hosting the Story Deep Dive podcast, and the group coaching community, The Academy, she demystifies the writing process with clarity and precision so authors can get all of their stories out of their head, onto… Read more »

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Elizabeth Bartasius

Pamela Hines

Dave Reed

Allison Fairhurst

Brannan Sirratt

Dana Pittman

Kyle J Cisco

Joanne Haines

Krista Adams

Rachel Arsenault

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