BONNIE GRANAT
50 Irving Street #4
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138
617-354-7084
617-401-6155 (mobile)
bgranat@granatedit.com
bonnie_granat@verizon.net
http://www.granatedit.com
SUMMARY
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Meticulous technical editor, copyeditor, and developmental editor
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Clients include publishers, businesses, and individuals (see http://www.granatedit.com)
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Proficient in using the Track Changes feature of Microsoft Word 2007
EXPERIENCE
Book Editor (Sole Proprietor of Granat Editorial Services), 2001 to Present
Scholarly
Mining Wars: Corporate Expansion and Labor Violence in the Western Desert, 1876–1920 (Kenneth Underwood),
forthcoming 2015.
The Spiritual Tradition in Eastern Christianity: Ascetic Psychology, Mystical Experience, and Physical Practices (David
T. Bradford), forthcoming 2015.
Finding a Rhythm: Basketball Scoring Fundamentals Based on Science (Steve Watkins), 2012.
Victims and Perpetrators: Public Memory of Slavery in the South Atlantic (Ana Lucia Araujo), manuscript first
draft, 2010.
The Mystery of Predestination: According to Scripture, the Church, and St Thomas Aquinas (John Salza), TAN
Books, 2010.
The Making of a Yoga Master: A Seeker’s Transformation (The Yoga-Sūtra Sequence Decoded)(Suhas Tambe), 2010.
Tracing the Economic Transformation of Turkey from the 1920s to EU Accession (Tevfik F. Nas), 2007.
American Education, Democracy, and the Second World War (Dorn), 2007.
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Business
Doctor Deals (Nicholas A. Newsad, MHSA), 2014.
Leading the Nigerian Education Community to Success: A Compendium of Leadership Insights for Policy Makers,
Educational Administrators, School Principals, Teachers, Parents, and Students of Education (Olukayode
Olusunmade), 2014.
Total Compensation: A Practical Guide to Federal Employee Benefits (Brian Patrick Kuhn, CFP®), 2013.
Becoming a Top Producer (Eric Reininger), 2012.
Advice Is for Winners (Raul Valdes-Perez), 2012.
Entrepreneur Unleashed (Gregory S. Downing), 2011.
Rich Dad Poor Dad (Robert Kiyosaki), reissue, 2011, The Rich Dad Company.
Cashflow Quadrant (Robert Kiyosaki), reissue, 2011, The Rich Dad Company.
Unfair Advantage (Robert Kiyosaki), 2011, The Rich Dad Company.
Making It All Work: A Pocket Guide to Sustain Improvement and Anchor Change (John Roland Schultz),
manuscript first draft, 2010.
The Project Manager's Guide to Making Successful Decisions (Powell and Buede) 2008.
Missing Data: A Gentle Introduction (Figueredo, McKnight, McKnight, and Sidani), Guilford, 2007.
Memoir
My Life through the Glory and Pain of the Formation of My Nation: Autobiography of Abdirazak Haji Hussein
(Translated by Abdisalam Issa-Salwe), forthcoming 2015.
Studying in the United States and Living the American Dream: 12 Steps to Success (Mekebeb Negerie, D.PH.,
MPH), 2014.
My Life: A Fatherless Great-Grandfather Looks Back (Manuel Curado Mira), 2013.
Memories from Bosnia (Nadzija Gajic-Sikiric, M.D.), 2008.
24 Hours at a Time: Life as a Dallas Firefighter-Paramedic (Jay Adair), 2012.
The Department of Infernal Affairs: The Exposed Underbelly of the International Monetary Fund (Maya Touviere),
2012.
The Making of a Yoga Master: A Seeker's Transformation (Suhas Tambe), 2012.
Whose Little Girl Is This? (De Quien Es Esta Nina?)(Maria Flores-Sperling), 2009. Client was the author.
Software
Surreptitious Software (Collberg and Naga), Pearson, 2009.
Framework Design Guidelines (2nd ed.) (Cwalina and Abrams), Pearson, 2008.
Enterprise Master Data Management: An SOA Approach to Managing Core Information (Dreibelbis), Pearson,
2008.
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Domain Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools (Cook, Jones, Kent, Wills), Pearson, 2007.
Commercializing Great Products with Design for Six Sigma (Perry and Bacon), Pearson, 2006.
ASP.NET 2.0 Illustrated (Homer and Sussman), Stratford, 2006.
Advanced Technologies in Biopharmaceutical Processing (Dutton and Scharer), Stratford, 2006.
Pattern Languages of Program Design 5 (Manolescu), Pearson, 2006.
Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions (Bejtlich), Pearson, 2005.
Core Security Patterns (Steel, Nagappan, and Lai), Pearson, 2005.
Cisco Routers for the Desperate: Router Management, The Easy Way (Lucas), No Starch Press, 2004.
Technical Editor/Writer, 2000 to 2001, Artisoft, Inc., Cambridge, MA
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Documented software features for TeleVantage 4.0, Artisoft's software telephone system for
Windows.
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Using FrameMaker on a Windows platform, performed exhaustive overhaul of five-book
documentation set and online Help. Enhanced organization, grammar, cohesion, and style.
Expanded indexes by over 80%.
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Edited company's website, knowledge base articles, white papers, press releases, product brochures,
and other documents.
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Mentored technical writers in local and remote offices.
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Edited, wrote portions of, and indexed the following PDF documents (to view these books, the
Adobe Reader must be installed on your computer): Administering TeleVantage, Installing
TeleVantage, and Using TeleVantage.
Technical Editor/Writer, 1997 to 2000, Parametric Technology Corporation, Waltham, MA
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Edited user guides, installation guides, release notes, and reference guides.
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Performed developmental editing for installation guides, internal work instructions, user guides, and
departmental style guide. Mentored junior technical editors and writers in offshore offices.
EDUCATION
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M.T.P.W. Master’s degree in Technical Writing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2000
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B.S. Journalism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1969
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