Lela Nargi

Brooklyn, USA
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Professional Experience

I'm a veteran journalist, book author, and online magazine editor who's written about everything from parenting, to kids science, to celebrities, to craft, to the book industry. Seriously, I write—well—about almost anything.

Expertise

Book Author
20 Years
Editor
3 Years
Reporter
28 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature
5 Years
Entertainment
18 Years
Family, Children & Teenagers
9 Years

Industries


Magazine - Large Consumer/National magazines
23 Years
Magazine - Trade magazines/publications (B2B)
5 Years
Online/new media
3 Years

Total Media Industry Experience

28 Years

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

Working Mother magazine (10+), Publishers Weekly (6-10), UrbanFamily magazine (10+), Cricket/Cobblestone Group (10+)

Foreign Language Skills

French

Computer Skills

I use Word for Mac, and publish on 3 different online platforms: Blogger, Wordpress, and Squarespace

References

Carolyn Juris, Publishers Weekly Johanna Arnone, Muse magazine Jennifer Owens Sonnenschein, Working Mother

Awards

My first children's book, The Honeybee Man, was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Kirkus starred review, a National Science Teacher’s Association “Outstanding Book,” a Bank Street “Best Book of the Year,” a 2012 Cook Prize honoree, a Cornell University Agricultural Literacy Week 2013 and 2015 read-aloud pick, and a First Book.

Associations

SCBWI

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General

Tracking down a mysterious food borne illness with the CDC's "food detective."
For fall/spring 2015 lists, crafts publishers are moving beyond straightforward how-tos in an effort to hook readers.
How can you grieve when you have to first help your children grieve?