Merrill Perlman is a freelance editor, consultant, trainer, and coach for writers and editors. Her clients have included Amazon Kindle Singles, Propublica, Rosetta Books, the Poynter Institute and dozens of schools, corporations, news organizations, nonprofits and individuals. She spent 25 years at The New York Times as an editor or manager of editors, and is an adjunct assistant professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. She's also worked in Southern Illinois and Des Moines, Iowa, though she now lives in New York City.