With her experience in the editorial and acquisitions departments of
book publishers, Sylvia Frank Rodrigue is uniquely qualified to advise authors
on how to prepare proposals and manuscripts for review and publication by
academic and trade publishers. She enjoys acquisitions, developmental editing,
proofreading, and historical research.
While she
was a senior at Messiah College, Sylvia served as an editorial intern at Stackpole Books.
After graduation in 1991, she started her career in book publishing as an
editorial assistant at Stackpole Books. She worked on trade books in the areas
of history, gardening, woodworking, magic, and military reference. Five years
later, Sylvia left Stackpole and moved to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to acquire
history and political science books for Louisiana State University Press. After six years
she was promoted to editor in chief. During her eight years at LSU Press,
Rodrigue acquired more than 175 books. Her subject area at LSU Press included
the American Civil War, southern history, Louisiana history, political science,
memoir, literary studies, and poetry. In 2004 Rodrigue left LSU Press and
launched Sylverlining. Currently Rodrigue's main client is Southern Illinois University Press, for which she serves as executive editor,
acquiring Lincoln, Civil War, and Reconstruction manuscripts.
To learn more about her career background, see Sylvia
Frank Rodrigue's profile on LinkedIn.
