The New Writer's Handbook 2007: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft & Career (New Writer's Handbook: A Practical Anthology of Best Advice for Your Craft & Career) - Softcover

Philip Martin is an experienced anthologist and editor of books for writers. He was acquisitions editor for The Writer Books (Kalmbach Publishing Co.) from 2000-2004, where he was project manager for four editions of The Writers Handbook, an annual market directory with a heritage reaching back more than 60 years (no longer being published). He has also edited many other books on craft and career for fiction and nonfiction writers, as well as books for classroom educators, and has managed an independent press that has won national awards including the Benjamin Franklin Award (two times), Small Press Award for Fiction, and the Banta Award. He has also authored three well-reviewed books on folkways and literary culture.

Martin speaks at writing conferences around the country and directs Great Lakes Literary, a consulting firm for authors and publishers. He lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.