"One of my favorite teachers once told me that being a writer and an editor was like being both outlaw and sheriff," says Deborah Artman, "and that I should give up editing. But I feel being a writer makes me a better editor. I truly appreciate what an achievement it is to complete a manuscript, and I am sensitive to the nuances of each individual writer's voice. My job is to strengthen this voice; my goal is to assist each writer in presenting his or her best possible self."

A former assistant to the senior editors Jacqueline Onassis and Shaye Areheart, Deborah's edited books have won literary awards and received national acclaim. Working with both first-time and established authors, her genres encompass everything from literary and commercial fiction, nonfiction and memoir to young adult and children's books.

Deborah has been editing since 1980, working in the fields of journalism, theater, film, periodicals and book publishing. She is proficient and experienced in arts and news articles; profiles and interviews; plays, screenplays and audio scripts; artist and exhibition catalogs; program and liner notes; professional papers; artist statements and biographies; as well as other marketing, advertising, publicity and promotional materials.

Deborah also works frequently with graphic designers, advising on language as a design element — typography, readability of text and layout.

Deborah's clients include:

Doubleday
Random House
Crown
Lincoln Center Theater
Bang on a Can Music Festival
Shaye Areheart Books
Pentagram
Harmony Books
Hyperion Books
Disney Press
Booth-Clibborn Editions (U.K.)
The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
The Museum of Jewish Heritage
America Online
SONY Classical
Teldec Classics International
Red Poppy Publishing
Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown
Provincetown Arts Magazine and Press
Woodstock Land Conservancy
The Center for Photography at Woodstock
The Esopus Creek Conservancy
The CityKids Foundation
Children's Express
as well as numerous individual artists, composers & authors.

Some Favorite Projects:

Lincoln Center Theater Review, 2003-2006.
A stunning literary-theater-arts magazine published in conjunction with new plays in the
Lincoln Center Theater season. Interviews, essays, profiles, poetry, photographs, art.
Click magazine cover for excerpts. John Kelly, by John Kelly (2wice Books/Aperture), 2001.
A witty and beautiful documentation of performance artist Kelly's early career as dancer
and visual artist and later stage works. Photographs, illustrations and text. Jerome Robbins: That Broadway Man, That Ballet Man, by Christine Conrad (Booth-Clibborn
Editions/Harry Abrams), 2000.
A pictorial biography illuminating the brilliant and mercurial choreographer's creative process.
Includes extensive quotations, a spare and intimate narrative, photographs, pages from Robbins'
personal journals and a complete List of Works. Beyond the Bass Clef, a book by Tony Levin, 1998.
A comic and keenly observed collection of stories, essays, recollections and drawings by the
legendary bass player.

Dear Carry, a film by Joel Katz, NYC, 1997.
Script consultant. Premiere: Museum of Modern Art, NYC, 1998.

The Chinatown Files, documentary film by Amy Chen, NYC, 1997.
Script development and consultation.

Bang on a Can Music Festival, NYC, 1994-2001.
Interviews with over 40 composers and musicians. Writer and editor of program notes for Lincoln
Center season and European, Asian and US tours. Wrote CD liner notes for Industry (1995) and
Cheating, Lying, Stealing (1996), Bang On A Can releases on the Sony Classical label, and Lost
Objects (2001), released on Atlantic/Teldec Classics International.