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Hilary Hinzmann

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Specialties: History, science, technology, business, sports, music, political/social issues, and biography/memoir.

 

Formerly an editor at W. W. Norton & Company, Hilary Hinzmann has edited New York Times Book Review “Notable Books of the Year” in both fiction and nonfiction. He coaches writers on the development of their work and serves editorial and writing roles on varied nonfiction projects. Authors he has worked with include evolutionary anthropologist Terrence W. Deacon, urban sociologist and ethnographer Elijah Anderson, historian Timothy J. Gilfoyle, past New York Times lead classical music critic Anthony Tommasini, Wynton Marsalis, “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” headliner Ron White, Baseball Hall of Famers Joe Morgan and Dave Winfield, and the novelists Christine Bell, April Bernard, R. M. Koster, Michael McGarrity, Tim McLaurin, and Wang Anyi. 

His freelance projects include One Day Stronger: How One Union Local Saved a Mill and Changed an Industry--and What It Means for American Manufacturing, by Thomas M. Nelson (Rivertowns Books), Whom Shall I Fear?: Pushing the Politics of Change, by ex-Bermuda premier Ewart F. Brown, M.D. (Rivertowns Books), New York Times bestseller Chaser: Unlocking the Genius of the Dog Who Knows a Thousand Words, by John W. Pilley with Hilary Hinzmann (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; Mariner), Grow: How Ideals Power Growth and Profit at the World's Greatest Companies, by ex-Procter & Gamble chief marketing officer Jim Stengel (Crown Business), Heal Thyself: A Doctor at the Peak of His Medical Career, Destroyed by Alcohol--and the Personal Miracle That Brought Him Back, by Olivier Ameisen, M.D., with Hilary Hinzmann (Sarah Crichton Books/FSG hc and pb), and I Had the Right to Remain Silent . . . But I Didn’t Have the Ability, by Ron White (Dutton, a New York Times and Publishers Weekly hardcover bestseller).

 

Email: hilaryhinzmann@gmail.com

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