We don’t appreciate editors enough sometimes.
For they’re the ones who choose the writers and works and shepherd the manuscript through the publishing process. In the case of the short form (meaning magazines like Asimov’s) they go through slush piles that would make your knees knock together. And in the case of the long form (novels and anthologies), they deal with the insanity that is publishing.
Because editors oversee so many projects, and sometimes don’t even have a website of their own (they’re waaay too busy), this took a bit longer than I expected to put together.
Nominees for Best Professional Editor, Long Form
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Editorial Director
Sampling of Books in 2007
Brasyl
Ian MacDonald
2008 Hugo NomineeFast Forward 1:
Future Fiction from the Cutting Edge
AnthologyBright of the Sky
Kay Kenyon
[rating:4.5]
- SF Editor Watch Page
- http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Lou_Anders
- Website
http://www.louanders.com/home.php- Blog
- http://louanders.blogspot.com/
Sampling of Ace/Roc Books in 2007
Halting State
Charles Stross
2008 Hugo NomineeCauldron
Jack McDevitt
[rating:3/5]Galactic North
Alastair Reynolds
[rating:5/5]
- SF Editor Watch Page
- http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Ginjer_Buchanan
- Interviews
- Penguin Imprint Focus Interview
Senior Editor
Sampling of Books in 2007
Rollback
Robert J. Sawyer
2008 Hugo NomineeGods and Pawns
Kage Baker
[rating:5/5]Book of Joby
Mark J. Ferrari
[rating:4.5/5]
- SF Editor Watch Page
- http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/David_G._Hartwell
- Website/Blog
-
http://www.davidghartwell.com/
Sampling of Books in 2007
Gospel of the Knife
Will Shetterly
[rating:4/5]Mainspring
Jay Lake
[rating:3/5]Jumper: Griffin’s Story
Steven Gould
[rating:3/5]
- SF Editor Watch Page
- http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Beth_Meacham
- Website
-
http://www.panix.com/~bam/office.htm - Blog
- http://casacorona.livejournal.com/
Senior Editor
Sampling of Books in 2007
The Last Colony
John Scalzi
2008 Hugo NomineeTerritory
Emma Bull
[rating:4.5/5]Ha’penny
Jo Walton
[rating:5/5]
- SF Editor Watch Page
- http://www.sfeditorwatch.com/index.php/Patrick_Nielsen_Hayden#2007
- Website
- http://nielsenhayden.com/
- Blog
-
Making Light
Spontaneous ∂erivation 
None of the three books you cite in connection with my colleague Beth Meacham was in fact edited by her. While Beth is one of the best editors in the field and grossly overdue for a Hugo, she doesn’t in fact oversee the Tor list, so choosing three random Tor books is liable to yield three books Beth had nothing to do with.
A more accurate selection of 2007 titles Beth edited would be MAINSPRING by Jay Lake, THE GOSPEL OF THE KNIFE by Will Shetterly, and JUMPER: GRIFFIN’S STORY by Steven Gould.
Hi Patrick!
I’m sorry about that. I searched for a list of books she’d edited, but it seemed that neither Google nor I could turn anything up.
I’ve corrected the information above. Thank you very much for telling me.
I feel very “oops!” at the moment. Note for next year: definitely start all this much, much earlier.