
SUSAN WELS
Writer & Editor
"An extraordinary writer, collaborator, and project manager"
SUSAN WELS is a New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author and a specialist in memoir development and corporate, academic, narrative, organizational, and family history.
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Her work has been published by Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Time-Life, HarperCollins, Viking, Running Press, Pegasus Books, the New York Post, Time.com, The Independent (UK), Stanford Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Diablo Magazine, and numerous other publications.
Her work has been praised by The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, People Magazine, the Smithsonian, Publishers Weekly, the New York Post, Booklist, Library Journal, the New York Journal of Books, the Daily Express (UK), Elle magazine (Italy), the San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco Magazine, the San Francisco Examiner, and the San Jose Mercury-News.
What Clients Say
“Brilliant editorial assistance.”
Michael Krasny
Author of Off Mike and former host of KQED Radio’s “Forum”
“Quite simply, I couldn’t have asked for a better partner. [My] book has benefited immeasurably from her fine writing skills and excellent judgment every step of the way. I can never thank Susan enough for that collaboration and her innumerable contributions to the final product. It was truly a team effort.”
James P. Steyer
Author of Talking Back to Facebook and The Other Parent and founder and CEO of Common Sense Media
“[Susan’s] careful and thoughtful editing sharpened the organization of each chapter, significantly enhanced the book.”
Shirley Anne Warshaw
Author of The Co-Presidency of Bush and Cheney and professor of political science at Gettysburg College
“Susan is an extraordinary writer, collaborator and project manager. In a consulting capacity, for five years she served as both author and editor of an award-winning, four-color client magazine that was a cornerstone of Brown and Caldwell’s marketing communications program. She is a true professional who easily engaged with our clients, company officers and people at all levels of the organization, and whose work is of exceptional quality and value.”
Terry Peckham
Former Vice President and Marketing Communications Director at Brown and Caldwell
“I cannot imagine a more congenial or productive relationship than that which I have had with Susan, and I am eternally grateful to her.”
Jan Gleason
Author of The Life and Letters of
Kate Gleason
“While I was responsible for corporate communications at a Fortune 500 company, Susan provided extraordinary writing and editing consulting on corporate magazines, speeches and annual reports. She is a quick study, extremely flexible, super smart and ultra easy to get along with. Susan relates beautifully to CEOs and people working in a warehouse. She is fast and super conscientious about meeting deadlines. She also loves technology and uses it well. She is enthusiastic about a wide variety of subjects, and leaps on a task as soon as you agree on the project. She is the best of the best!”
Joan O’Connor
Former Director of Corporate Communications at McKesson Corp.
“Susan provided exceptional managerial effort on a fast-track, technical-history book. She was always quick to help, and her depth of knowledge was remarkable. To top it all off, she has a great sense of humor!”
Noel Atzmiller
Technical Documentation System Manager, Baker Hughes
“Susan is a phenomenal writer, editor, mentor and colleague. Her talent and passion shines through in all that she does to support a collaborative, organized, and most effective writing process. Her capacity to capture a voice that is true to an author, relevant to the subject matter they must address, and then most accessible to an audience is outstanding. I am deeply appreciative for how she guided me through the process of writing the best possible book proposal I could offer. I am grateful for how she showed me the way with care, compassion, and honest feedback and expertise. Susan is a gem to be admired for all that she brings to a project.”
Shafia Zaloom
Author of Sex, Teens and Everything in Between and Health Educator at The Urban School in San Francisco
Partial Client List
Chronicle Books
California Academy of Sciences
2022 Future of Tech Commission
San Francisco Arts Commission
Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
SF JAZZ
Common Sense Media
Stanford University Press
Stanford University Libraries
Stanford Historical Society
Stanford School of Medicine
Stanford Alumni Association
UC Hastings College of the Law
USC School of Cinematic Arts
Oakland Museum of California
Children Now
Partnership for the Public’s Health
ValueAct Capital Management
Catholic Healthcare West
Bechtel Corp.
Brown and Caldwell
Woods Institute for the Environment
Pacific Gas & Electric
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
Harvard-Westlake School
Jewish Home for the Aged
Serge Sorokko Gallery
Tehabi Books
Apple Computer
JGE Capital
McKesson Corp
RMS Titanic, Inc.
OCLI
Baker Atlas
Basic American Foods, Inc.
CoSine Communications
San Francisco Heart Institute
World Affairs Council
Certus Financial
San Francisco Works
Industrial Indemnity