"Nicola Smith edits with a passion for language, an affection for the telling detail and a ruthless scalpel for clunky phrases and repetition. Her keen eye and hard work improved my book."
— Brian Donovan, author of Hard Driving: The American Odyssey of NASCAR's First Black Driver, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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"Nicola's editing expertise helped me define both my books. My first book opened number 7 on the Boston Globe Best Sellers List. But more importantly, her skills as a writer and editor forced me to fine-tune my own writing skills. I can honestly say, after 5 years of working with Nicola, I am a much better writer today."
— Richard Farrell, What's Left of Us, to be published in 2009 by Kensington Press
co-writer, A Criminal and An Irishman, Steerforth Press
duPont-Columbia Award in Journalism winner
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"Nicola Smith, my editor at Steerforth, requested more where more was needed, cut out the superfluous, and fine-tuned and massaged the manuscript into the finished product. She was tough, tougher than me, and a hell of a lot smarter."
— Edward J. MacKenzie, Jr., Street Soldier
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Street Soldier by Eddie Mackenzie, Phyllis Karas and Ross Musto. 2003. Steerforth Press. Non-fiction memoir.
Triple Identity by Haggai Carmon. Novel. Steerforth Press. 2005.
No End to the Journey by Shankar Subramaniam. Novel. Steerforth Press. 2005.
A Criminal and an Irishman by Pat Nee and Richard Farrell. Non-fiction. Steerforth Press. 2006.
The Red Syndrome by Haggai Carmon. Novel. Steerforth Press. 2006.
Hard Driving: The American Odyssey of America's First Black NASCAR Driver by Brian Donovan. Steerforth Press. 2008
What's Left of Us by Richard Farrell. Kensington Publishing, to be published 2009.
