Jane Friedman

Jane Friedman

Jane Friedman has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in digital media strategy for authors and publishers. She’s the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and has previously worked for F+W Media and the Virginia Quarterly Review.

She has been interviewed and featured by NPR, PBS, The Washington Post, the National Press Club and many other outlets. Jane has delivered keynotes and presentations on the digital era of authorship at the San Francisco Writers Conference, The Muse & The Marketplace, and Willamette Writers Conference, BookExpo America and Digital Book World.

She’s also served on panels for the National Endowment for the Arts and the Creative Work Fund, and has held positions as a professor of writing, media, and publishing at the University of Cincinnati and University of Virginia. Jane has a book forthcoming from the University of Chicago Press, The Business of Being a Writer (March 2018).