About Me
Jenny Bowman is a children’s book editor, creative writer, and specialist in the field of Children’s Literature with experience editing books on the NYT bestselling book and series lists, and books with international acclaim. Passionate about what she does, her editing capabilities will carry your stories to their highest potential. She received graduate training in Children’s Literature from Hollins University’s world renowned program, best known as the birth-place of one of the most celebrated children’s books of all time, Goodnight Moon, by Margaret Wise Brown
Having edited over 100 books for children to young adults, Jenny is well versed in all genres of children’s literature. She particularly enjoys chapter books and middle grade novels plus stories that employ fantasy elements, humor or tales that represent her home state of North Carolina. Working on such successes as author Tim Harris’s Exploding Endings series and Robert Beatty’s NYT Bestselling Serafina series, Jenny skillfully helps author’s reach their dreams with each story she’s given.
“I was confident from the start that my manuscript was in expert hands. With a keen eye for plot details, consistency, and general structure, Jenny provided invaluable feedback and edits to help make my manuscript sing. Always professional yet encouraging, she seemed just as interested in the success of my project as I was. I highly recommend Jenny and will definitely use her again.”
– Cindy Shaw | Author/Illustrator
“Jenny is a fantastic editor! She gave my books the structural edits they needed, which helped lead to my first publishing deal. On top of her great service, she is a joy to work with. She is a wonderful communicator, be it through email or Skype. Highly recommended!”
– Tim Harris | Author
“Jenny is an excellent editor. She’s been a critical part of my success as a #1 New York Times Best Selling author. She worked closely with me on my middle grade novel Serafina and the Black Cloak, and the additional two books in the Serafina Series published by Disney-Hyperion. When I started working on my fourth book, Willa of the Wood, I drew upon her expertise and feedback once again. She provides highly detailed feedback, which I use to revise and improve my manuscripts. I find her suggestions to be insightful and very useful. Jenny is one of my go-to editors for improving and refining my work. I highly recommend her.”
– Robert Beatty | Author
“Jenny was very efficient, professional, and helped the flow and language of our children’s book.”
– Casey Kemp | Publisher
“Jenny Bowman provides high quality editing services and is a pleasure to work with. She has a clear understanding of what is needed to bring a project full circle and works with the author to deliver work timely, professionally and in line with author expectations. I have used Jenny for two books thus far and plan to use her again!”
– Mary Ann Drummond | Author
“I worked with Jenny on my debut novel LarkFall and it was a wonderful experience. It is hard to balance encouragement while critiquing a manuscript but Jenny has a gift for both. I would not hesitate to recommend her to any aspiring writer. Even after our contractual work was done she has stayed in touch and continues to offer support and guidance.”
– Andy Gallacher | Author/Journalist