With more than 25 years in book publishing, Jenny Baumgartner is an editor, book coach, and publishing consultant whose career includes leadership roles as Executive Editor at Hachette and Editorial Director/Senior Acquisitions Editor at HarperCollins, where she helped launch an imprint and developed a reputation for deep industry insight and a highly collaborative editorial approach. Her work has contributed to numerous New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestsellers, including Joyspan: The Art and Science of Thriving in Life’s Second Half by Dr. Kerry Burnight, The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible by Jordan Rubin and Dr. Josh Axe, Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be by Rachel Hollis, A Serial Killer’s Daughter: My Story of Faith, Love, and Overcoming—An Insider’s Look at the True Crime Story of the BTK Killer, Dennis Rader by Kerri Rawson (featured on the cover of People magazine), and Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands from the Taliban by Chad Robichaux. Holding a master’s degree in English and doctoral coursework in English and writing, she frequently teaches at writing workshops and conferences, equipping authors with the skills and strategies to craft compelling, commercially successful narratives, and when she is not immersed in manuscripts and deadlines, she can be found sipping coffee and navigating life as a mother of twins in Nashville, Tennessee.