Jenny Shipley

My best-selling authors have sold tens of thousands of copies of their books and have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Fortune, Business Week, Harvard Business Review, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, and the Strategic Management Journal, among others.

I was lucky enough to grow up in Southern California and, as a true “water baby,” I haven’t ventured far from the ocean. An avid reader from an early age, I have built a beautiful life surrounded by books, words, and stories. While studying Writing at UCSD, I managed a hair salon, taught swim lessons, and began my freelance editing career. After graduating in 2006, I worked as an editor, first in medical publishing and later in academic publishing. During that time, I continued to edit for fun and freelance, primarily focusing on fiction and memoir. In 2015, I put all that book knowledge to a new use, becoming a ghostwriter of memoir and non-fiction (though I’ve also worked on children’s books and even a coloring book!).

Over the course of my career thus far, I have had the honor of collaborating with some incredible people, including:

When not reading and writing professionally, I like to read and write for fun. I also love to watch movies and absorb stories in all formats, listen to podcasts and audiobooks while I play in the garden, cook all things pasta, and bake delicious treats.

I delight in throwing small yet elaborately themed parties, particularly around Halloween. I am the cool aunt to some seriously cool nieces and nephews, and I believe that life is short and times are crazy so we should celebrate every occasion we can.

My happy place is in or around water, preferably with a large cup of coffee, or at home with my partner and our dog, Kali.