Sheila Elliot - professional nonfiction book and ghost writer, feature writer for print and web projects. Magazine editor. Award
winning documentary film writer.
Key areas: Art & Artists, Art History, Antiques & Collecting, Asia Regional Studies (China in particular), arts & humanities, Lifestyle, Green & Environment, history of
science & math - and cats.
skills: fast, clean content and editing/rewriting; English language articles; non-fiction books (ghosted or by-line); can provide photo illustrations such as tabletop, etc. including catalog photography and online platform product listing for auction sites and high end design showrooms
Editors: click here to see tearsheets of my writing
Cuurent Projects:
Collaborating Author of soon-to-be published historic biofiction novel Wings of Madness - A Fictional Biography of Artist Abbott Handerson Thayer by Sheila Hollihan-Elliot and Carol K. Howell
Collaborating Author of page-turner suspense novel, now in final draft stage Traffik Games by Sheila Hollihan-Elliot and Carol K. Howell
Contibuting writer and Ad Sales Executive to Antiques & Art Around Florida magazine and Antiques Shoppe newspaper.
Previously manager for A. Abbott Antiques Mall & Design Center, West Palm Beach, Fl
Trustee and Director of Publicity for Audubon Society of the Everglades; former publicist for Hopper House Art Center, Nyack Community Ambulance Corps, and others.
Contributing Editor of The Artist's Magazine, circ 650,000. Managing Editor and staff writer of The Hook, regional bimonthly magazine of the upscale Lower Hudson Valley cultural scene. Also recently staff writer Classical New Jersey, doing several classical music concert reviews each month and former co-columnist for The Pastel Journal.
Recent book projects: Book (High School level supplement texts) for Mason Crest Publishing, CHINESE ART AND ARCHITECTURE , THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT CHINA , and MUSLIMS IN CHINA . Co-wrote (with by-line) OIL PASTEL FOR THE SERIOUS BEGINNER for Watson-Guptill .Co-writer of CONTRACTING DETAILS for Baine Books.Current projects: book length mainstream speculative biography on the artist A.H. THAYER and his eldest daughter Mary. Future book length mainstream biographies committed on the artist GUISEPPI CASTIGLIONE (known as LI SHING in China). Various articles relating to study trips to China.
Contributing editor of McGraw Hill's Computer Encyclopedia and Illustration project manager on Len Airey's On Antarctica.
Also proficient in site editing and cleanup especially from non-English speaking content providers, such as VanBasco.com.
I can generate researched content within the copyright laws.
Please email description of project and $-offer or request for quote to SheilaElliot@yahoo.com..
Also, Art Consultant representing Master Artist John Elliot.
Sheila Elliot, Writer, PO Box 531, Palm Beach, Florida, 33480 USA (845) 304-6988 email: SheilaElliot@Yahoo.com.. Last updated August 30, 2020.