TRADE BOOKS
In the nonfiction trade world, Susan has mentored numerous authors in developing their books on myriad topics, including alcoholism, aging, business leadership, career advice, family and parenting issues, disaster preparedness, health care policy, and the environment and conservation. Susan enjoys working with individual authors, providing hands-on guidance from developing a book structure and supporting the content writing to drafting a proposal and navigating the publishing process.
TEACHING
Susan has led numerous workshops and seminars on writing and editing in the United States and abroad, and she is the recipient of the Golden Apple Award for excellence in teaching, given by the American Medical Writers Association. She is also a past president of the Board of Editors in the Life Sciences, an organization that certifies manuscript editors by evaluating editorial proficiency through written examination. In addition, for many years, Susan served as a guest faculty member for the CME course on writing, publishing, and social media at Harvard University.

Your instructor AND WRITING COACH

Susan E. Aiello, DVM, ELS, is a nationally recognized editor, writing coach, and publications consultant with over 35 years of experience. In addition to her medical background, she has studied journalism and publication management and is a board-certified editor in the life sciences. Her specialty is books!
ACADEMIC BOOKS
Dr. Aiello has edited many academic reference books, including serving as Editor-in-Chief of The Merck Veterinary Manual, a comprehensive professional reference on animal health and veterinary medicine. The Manual has been translated into multiple languages and is an extremely popular reference work for animal health professionals and animal lovers worldwide, selling thousands of copies every edition and having 1.3 million followers on its Facebook page.

A Personal Note from Susan

I don’t know why, but writing training in high school and college rarely includes any actual “how to.” It seems to focus more on literature and analysis of meaning—and the ever-popular topic of symbolism. Those are all good things, but they rarely help aspiring writers improve their own writing. Let’s fix that.
I want you to succeed in your writing and publishing goals!