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Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti has been widely published and has worked in publishing in some form or other since the age of fifteen. She is a known Lewis Carroll scholar and an expert in Bob Dylan about whom she is a frequent lecturer at various universities and venues. She has written various articles and books about both. Her work is represented by her agent, Bob Silverstein in New York City who published the first book on Bob Dylan.
Ranson-Polizzotti holds a Bachelor Science degree double-major, in philosophy and journalism. She works in traditional book publishing and printing as well as Web-based writing and electronic books and writes for the well-known site Teleread (Ranson writes for myriad sites. For a fuller listing, please visit her PEN America profile by clicking here.
She began her career at Conde-Nast Publications, following her mentor, Steven T. Florio (who went on to become CEO of Conde-Nast,) as a junior assistant at Vogue magazine where she returned for three consecutive summers and worked for Anna Wintour and other editors.
After graduation, SRP worked as a Literary Associate at The Atlantic Monthly as a reader for Poetry Editor Peter Davidson and Fiction Editor C. Michael Curtis, where she was a researcher and literary associate. Note that Ranson helped form The Atlantic Online in the early-90s long before any literary magazines were popular online.
Since then, Ranson has worked in literary publishing at both magazines and book publishing houses large and small and founded the highly successful imprint Lumen Editions, a press devoted to publishing first-time authors and works in translation. Editorial Director and Founder, Ranson published all of her works in matt-laminate paper-back, earning each a full New York Times book review (which was said could not be done at the time). This and Lumen and Ranson's quite rise through publishing earned her the moniker the "enfant terrible" of publishing (Publishers Weekly).
Ranson works and writes for a myriad journals and is a contract writer for various vertical markets (technical, biotech, finance, etc.). She also evaluates Web-sites and writes comprehensive usabiility reports with suggestions for improvement.
At present, she is working on a book of her collected articles about Bob Dylan. Her latest book is forthcoming this early summer in a United States and Europe release, published by Twilight Times Books and Alyscamps Press, the book is entitled "(for goodness' sake)", new poems by Sadi Ranson-Polizzotti. More of her writing can be found on www.bobdylan.com and elsewhere, both in print and online.
For a CV, please use the Contact link on this site. Ranson-Polizzotti's work is represented by her agent Bob Silverstein in New York City. Please use the contact link on this site to contact s.r.p. or her agent.
updated, spring, 2009
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