Good at: copy editing, writing
Bad at: web design
Books * Science Writing * Magazine Writing * Editorial * About Me
Books
- Phoenix Dawn
Illustrated sci-fi adventure novel - Now This Ain’t No Shit
US Navy rescue pilot memoir - We Flew Out and Walked Back
World War II memoir in letters - Telegraph Canyon
Twelve stories in realism and fantasy - Survival Mode
Themed young adult nature guide
Science Writing
Illumina News Center
“For the first time ever, gene expression can be mapped from space”
“If there is a monster in Loch Ness, this geneticist will find it”
“What happens when a virus becomes a permanent part of your genome?”
“The future of sustainable mining belongs to the microbe”
“How Illumina designs a gene sequencer”
“Bridging the diagnosis gap for Canada’s Indigenous children”
Magazine Writing
Editorial
Copy Editing/
Proofreading
The Hunger Games (2008),
Suzanne Collins
Animorphs series (2011–2012),
K. A. Applegate
Goosebumps series (2010–2021),
R. L. Stine
Fact Checking
Superstars of Science (2015),
R. G. Grant
The Klutz Guide to the Galaxy (2011), Pat Murphy
Amazing Landmarks (2022), Rekha Rajan
Product Development
LEGO Chain Reactions (2015),
Pat Murphy
Straw Shooter Jets (2014),
Klutz Labs
Air Power: Rocket Science Made Simple (2014), Klutz Labs
About Me
Dan Letchworth has been a publishing professional since 2008, most recently in corporate communications for Illumina in San Diego.
Previously he was the copy chief of San Diego Magazine and its custom client publications, and a developer of activity books and science projects at Klutz in Palo Alto.
As a freelancer, he has copy edited hundreds of books for young readers for Scholastic, Hachette Book Group, and Penguin Random House. He holds an MFA in writing from Columbia University.
His theater review blog, Everyone’s a Critic, was nominated for the 2019 National City & Regional Magazine Award for Best Online Column, and his fun facts column, Dansplaining, won the 2020 San Diego Press Club Excellence in Journalism Award for Light Subject Magazine Column.
He self-publishes under the business name Desert Owl Press and remains open for freelance production work. He doesn’t usually refer to himself in the third person, but finds self-promotion exceedingly uncomfortable.
Contact
desertowlpress@gmail.com
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