Editors often say that a good editor isn’t someone who knows everything, it’s someone who knows where to look everything up. Not only is that true, it’s the key to my whole career as a writer and editor. I love to look things up. My favorite assignments come from editors who want me to find the answer to a question, whether that’s the degree of madness in the Mad Hatter or the best cars for your dog. My favorite book projects are historical fiction and narrative nonfiction where I get to fact check to my little heart’s content.
I have a Substack newsletter called Useful & Strange that delves into what I’m reading, with review essays and reading lists three times a month. Basically, it’s where I put all the essays that come out of my recreational — as opposed to professional — research. I also post pics of my pets to reward readers for making it through a 1500-world essay. My readers are real troopers.
I write historical fiction and nonfiction, I’m an automotive writer with bylines in the New York Times, US News & World Reports, and Popular Science, among others, and I have a small press, Practical Fox. I’m also working on a master’s degree in English at the Harvard Extension School.
Contact
I had a clever little contact form for years, but the spambots finally found it. I’ve deleted the form, but I’m still reachable via email and social media.
- Email: khg [at] kristenhallgeisler [dot] com
- Substack: https://substack.com/@thewingback
- Instagram: @kristen_hg
- Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@kristenhg (this website itself is federated too)
- Bluesky: kristenhg.bsky.social