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BIOGRAPHY
Lucy Hedrick is a five-time author and
publishing consultant who since 1990 has coached dozens of writers
on how to prepare a nonfiction book proposal, which is the document
by which one brings his idea and credentials to agents and
publishers. In addition, she speaks to alumni, library and bookstore
audiences about "How to get published in the 21st
Century." She is the author of Five Days to an Organized Life
(Dell, 1990), 365 Ways to Save Time, (William Morrow, 1992),
365 Ways to Save Time with Kids (William Morrow, 1993),
365 Ways to Save Money (William Morrow, 1994), and Get
Organized in the Digital Age (NAL, 2002). These five titles sold
more than 200,000 copies and were translated into eight languages.
Lucy was born in Chicago and raised in the
northern suburb of Glencoe, the older of two children. She attended
the public elementary school, a private country day school for high
school and then journeyed east to college at Goucher, outside of
Baltimore, where she majored in music history and sang in the glee
club. She has roamed the eastern seaboard ever since.
Pursuing her love of music, Lucy's first job
was in the finance office of the Boston Symphony as Payroll Manager,
where her level head and organizing skills were immediately
apparent. Subsequent responsibilities included hiring the guest
soloists and conductors, arranging rehearsal schedules, solo pianos,
etc. Lucy enjoyed spending July and August at Tanglewood in Lenox,
MA, summer home of the Symphony. A move to Philadelphia brought her
to the Office of Alumni Relations at the University of Pennsylvania.
A highlight of her tenure there was accompanying the Penn Glee Club,
who sang at a Boston Pops concert, where once again Lucy roamed the
corridors of Symphony Hall.
Marriage brought Lucy to
Old Greenwich, CT, and the birth of her son, Tod Hedrick, followed
soon after. While Tod was small, she busied herself as a freelance
journalist, contributing articles to local papers and magazines.
Fellow writers observed that she had no trouble meeting deadlines or
organizing her research and suggested she write about it.
Lucy parlayed the
contents of her best-selling books into keynote speeches and
training seminars. Moreover, she has been a media spokesperson for
the time- and money-saving products of Dayton-Hudson, Kraft General
Foods, Filofax, Black & Decker and Quaker Oats.
From 1995-1999, Lucy
worked at InfoEdge, Inc., a technology publishing and marketing
company in Stamford, CT. Her first position was Managing Editor,
where she directed the publication of more than 30 book-length
technology reports, after which she was promoted to Sales Manager.
Today, Lucy serves on the Board of the Greenwich Arts Council,
Greenwich, CT, and is member of American PEN Women and the
Entrepreneurial Women's Network. |
