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Lela Nargi

Brooklyn, USA
28 Years Experience

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 YearsEditor 3 YearsReporter 28 Years

Specialty

Books & Literature 5 YearsEntertainment 18 YearsFamily, Children & Teenagers 9 Years

Industries

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

Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)

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

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

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

General

The Case of Something I Ate
(Odyssey magazine/Cricket Cobblestone Group 4/1/2015)
Tracking down a mysterious food borne illness with the CDC's "food detective."
Spinning a Good Yarn
(Publishers Weekly 7/31/2015)
For fall/spring 2015 lists, crafts publishers are moving beyond straightforward how-tos in an effort to hook readers.
Death and the Grieving Family: Talking About the Last Taboo Subject
(UrbanFamily 2/28/2015)
How can you grieve when you have to first help your children grieve?