30 Years of Superior Writing and Editing
Three decades of working experience give Nancy Osa the depth to grasp your ideas and present them to your target audience in a unique, insightful way. Her background as a novelist makes finding the gems in your story a delightful treasure hunt, while an association with major publishing houses has produced a revision style that is just what you need to hit professional and creative benchmarks.
...as author, editor or ghostwriter
Business
Being a Pediatrician by Travis Cavens, MD, FAAP (Lake Publishing Co., 2000)
The Culture Fix: From Core Values to Valued Culture by Will Scott (Will Scott, 2019)
It’s Not You; It’s Your Money: Your Roadmap to a Positive and Proactive Relationship with Money by Ashley Harris. (Ashley Harris, 2016)
Lucky and Good: Risk, Decisions & Bets for Investors, Traders & Entrepreneurs by John Sherriff (Amazon/CreateSpace, 2013)
The Power of Company Culture: How Any Business Can Build a Culture That Improves Productivity, Performance and Profits by Christopher Dyer
(Kogan Page, 2018)
Profit by Leading: 20 Ways to Be a Better Manager—and Get Paid What You’re Worth by Robert deLoach (pub pending)
Redesigning the Way Work Works: Strong Opinions and Advice from 40 Years in the Business by Bruce Morton (Bruce Morton, 2019)
Vacation Rental Success by Joel Rasmussen (Mango Media, 2013)
Genre Fiction
The Atlantis Cure by Pierce Roberts (Robert W. Pierce, 2022)
Blood of the Pharoahs by Pierce Roberts (Robert W. Pierce, 2024)
Carbon Awakening: Birth of the God Machine a novel by Ben Way (Twentieth Century Press, 2019)
The Duchess of Kokora by Nikhil Prabala (Nikhil Prabala, 2024)
A Guardian Rises by P.J. Flie (Book Forge, 2021)
The NPC by Timothy David (Timothy David, 2021)
Oregon Country by T. J. Hanson, PhD (Inkwater Press, 2006)
The Trojan Plague by Pierce Roberts (Robert W. Pierce, 2019)
Motivational
100 Ways to a High-Vibin' Life by Lauren Campbell (pub pending)
The Breakthrough Bootcamp by Athena Kaplan (Athena Press, 2018)
The Cornell Effect by John Cranham (Bublish, Inc., 2021)
The Parent as Coach Approach by Diana Sterling (White Oak Publishing, 2008)
Portland Passages by Eddie Regory (First Books, 1993)
Ron for Your Life by Ron Shimony (White Oak Publishing, 2009)
You Are Love: How to Realize, Live and Give the Love You Already Are by Tomás Nesnidal (Y.A.L. Publishing, 2018)
Nonfiction
Bohemia: The Lives and Times of an Oregon Timber Venture by Michael Thoele (Oregon Historical Society Press, 1998)
Cooking With Spirit by Darlene Jones (Lang Publishing, 2000)
The Handbook for Children of Aging Parents: Coping in New Territory by Suzanne Roberts (Cheltenham Press, 2000)
Just Water to Some: Tales from the Dript by Regis Johns (Wheatmark, 2024)
New Homeowner Guide by HomeBinder (HomeBinder, 2017)
The Overland Journey to Oregon by P. W. Crawford, Charles George Davis, ed. (Soap Creek Enterprises, 1997)
Senior Secrets: Caregiving Advice from the Front Lines by Judith Stevens (iUniverse, 2007)
The South Road by Charles George Davis (EmigrantsWest, 2000)
The Vietnam War: Indochina Blazing by Vu Thi Thu Hien (Vu Thi Thu Hien, 2020)
Young Readers
BRAVE: Be Ready and Victory’s Easy by Marjie Braun Knudsen and Jenne R. Henderson, PhD (Summertime Press, 2008)
Close Up and Personal – a Flirt Series book by Nancy “Nicole Clarke” Osa (Grosset & Dunlap, 2006)
Cuba 15 by Nancy Osa (Random House/Delacorte, 2003)
Defenders of the Overworld series, unofficial Minecraft fiction by Nancy Osa. Titles include: The Battle of Zombie Hill; Battalion Banished; Spawn
Point Zero; Deep Ocean Six (Sky Horse, 2015)
The Place by Nancy Osa (New Hope Productions, 2023)
Artist Residencies / Hedgebrook Foundation, two-time alumna; Walden Fellowship; Centrum Center for the Arts & Creative Education; Caldera Arts Center.
Book Awards / Cuba 15: American Library Association (ALA) Pura Belpré Author Honor Book; YALSA Best Book for Young Adults; ALSC Notable Children’s Book; Américas Award Honor Book; Booklist Editor’s Choice, Top 10 First Novel; Scholastic Book Clubs Selection; Oregon Book Award Finalist; Delacorte Press Prize, Random House, unpublished young adult novel, first place and publishing agreement.
Research Grants / Oregon Literary Fellowship, Edna L. Holmes Award, young readers division, two-time recipient; Heekin Foundation finalist.
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