Tracy Gold – Editor

I am passionate about helping writers tell their stories. I edit across a wide variety of genres, including picture books, middle grade, young adult, literary and genre fiction, and memoir. For picture books, I particularly love working on rhyme and books with non-fiction elements.

I help writers define and realize their unique visions, always keeping the author's individual publishing goals in mind. If an author doesn't know what their publishing goals are, I help them navigate the traditional and self publishing worlds to find the right fit. I have helped writers with literary agents and book deals, writers seeking literary agents, and writers who self publish. I have worked on books published by major imprints including Simon Pulse, Inkyard, Bloomsbury Spark, and Delacorte.

Personally, I have four picture books that have been published or that are coming out soon, including "Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat" and "Hide and Seek, Nuts to Eat" from Sourcebooks and "Everyone's Sleepy but the Baby" and "Call Your Mother" from Families. I love helping authors decide whether their picture books should rhyme and if so how to knock the rhyme out of the park.

My editing work is informed by my time interning with literary agent Carrie Pestritto of Laura Dail Literary Agency, my Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Baltimore, and my years of experience as an editor for both businesses and individuals. I taught composition at the University of Baltimore, and now teach creative writing classes for Johns Hopkins University's continuing education program, Odyssey. I love helping writers find their voices both in the classroom and one-on-one.

*Repeat clients, if I'm "out of office" but you'd like to book an edit, you should still be able to send a request. If not, please send me a message via our last project. I always do my best to make time for repeat clients. I go out of office when I am heavily booked but I am normally still working.

Testimonials

"Tracy has a keen editorial eye and does an excellent job spotting ways to fully draw out the potential in an author's writing. I always trusted her opinion on manuscripts she read for me and was consistently impressed with her insightful evaluations and thorough edit letters. She also has a fantastic, positive personality that makes her a joy to work with. I highly recommend her!" Carrie Pestritto, Literary Agent at Laura Dail Literary Agency

“Tracy is the kind of attentive editor that finds the better writer inside the average writer and the good writer inside the better writer, bringing the author’s talents to the page without leaving fingerprints. My work on the Baltimore Love Project book was greatly enhanced by her editorship.” Rafael Alvarez, author, "Crabtown, USA" and "Tales from the Holy Land," staff writer, "The Wire" (HBO)