Write an Author Resume for Publishers and Speaking Work
Author resume examples covering book credits, platform and speaking, editorial process, and the keywords publishers and event bookers scan.
Example Author summary
Author of four nonfiction books on urban history, each delivered on the contracted date and carried cleanly through developmental edit, copyedit and proofs. Research runs on archival work and 140 recorded interviews. Speaks at libraries, festivals and corporate events, and has given 70 paid talks around four launches. Seeking a publisher for a fifth title.
Skills to list on a Author resume
- Book proposals
- Nonfiction structure
- Archival research
- Interviewing
- Long form writing
- Developmental editing
- Fact checking
- Source notes and citations
- Manuscript delivery
- Public speaking
- Media interviews
- Newsletter writing
- Ghost collaboration
- Audiobook narration
What actually gets this resume read
- Start with a books section listing title, publisher, year and format, newest first.
- Show your platform in concrete terms: talks given, newsletter, columns and regular media appearances.
- Say what your research method is, since a nonfiction editor buys the method as much as the idea.
- Give evidence that you hit delivery dates, because a late manuscript is the risk an editor fears.
- Separate speaking and teaching from writing credits so an event booker can find them quickly.
- List translation, audio and foreign editions if you have them, with the territory and publisher.