Meet the Developmental Editing Panel

Ela Booty

Ela Booty is a supervising editor at National Geographic School Publishing (NGSP). With more than 17 years of experience in the industry, Ela's expertise includes trade, educational, and value publishing. Prior to NGSP, Ela developed a successful freelance business as an editor, writer, and project manager. During those years, she served as a developmental editor for the best-selling book There Must Be More Than This by Judith Wright, managed and edited an online ezine with a circulation of more than 40,000, reviewed manuscripts for a major trade publisher, and worked on national educational projects such as the Jamestown Reading Navigator, Scott Foresman K–5 social studies programs, McDougal-Littel's middle school science program, and McGraw-Hill Glencoe's high school language arts programs.

Ela has worked as an acquisitions editor for McGraw-Hill Trade and, prior to that, as the director of product development for SkyLight Professional Development (now Pearson Achievement), producing professional development products for K–12 teachers.

Kelli Christiansen

Kelli Christiansen launched bibliobibuli professional editorial services in 2007, putting 20 years of experience in publishing to work for individual authors and publishers on a variety of manuscripts as an editor, publishing consultant, and writer. Kelli began her publishing career in 1988 as a bookseller for B. Dalton (part of Barnes & Noble). She served as a journalist and city editor for a chain of community newspapers before becoming an acquisitions editor first at Publications International, Ltd./Consumer Guide and later at McGraw-Hill. Prior to launching bibliobibuli, Kelli was an executive editor at ABA Publishing (part of the American Bar Association). Kelli has worked on more than 200 books, including several that have won kudos from a number of publications including The New York Times, Business Week, Barron's, and Library Journal. Her clients include Amacom, Bloomberg Press, Kaplan Publishing, and Sourcebooks. Kelli works out of her home office in Glen Ellyn.

Sarah Forbes Orwig

Sarah Forbes Orwig joined the American Bar Association in 2008 as an executive editor for book publishing and development. Immediately prior to that, she served as the social sciences editor for Encyclopædia Britannica, where she was involved in a number of online editorial initiatives. She holds a doctoral degree in sociology (mass communication emphasis) and has held reporting and editorial positions with Fairchild Publications and Reader's Digest, among others.