About Me

Hello! My name, as you have seen, is Jevon Bolden. I am a book editor, who is in love with what I get to do every day. I feel so at home working with authors and their life messages, yet I am still so wonderfully challenged with the editorial and conception process. There is nothing else I’d rather be doing—except singing, which I do frequently as well. I look at a rough concept or manuscript in much the same way as Michelangelo looked at slabs of marble: “I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” I am in no way comparable to a Michelangelo (and I am sure I didn’t even have to say that), but I love the passion and determination that writers have when it comes to a burning idea or story that plagues them until it is released onto paper. And that passion fuels me to do my very best in releasing their very best.

As a partner to my authors, my editorial approach is to bring out their story, concept, advice, or cause in the best, most compelling way to win over raving fans and enlightened readers. Their words are treasures that should be handled with care yet those same words should be pushed into being far grander than even the author could have intended. I also believe that balance is the key to good editing; sometimes a light hand goes a long way.

These days you will find me leading both a new contemporary Christian imprint and a well-established integrative health line of books for a traditional book publisher. I am actively involved in new author acquisitions and developing compelling book ideas for current authors. I am loving the engagement! My goal remains the same, however, and that is to support my team in a way that adds value to our company as a whole and continue to build phenomenal relationships with our authors and make them want to come back for more.

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Jevon Bolden has been has been an editor for a traditional publishing house for ten years and has a bachelor of arts degree in English with a minor in Sociology from the University of Alabama. For more on her professional background, please visit her LinkedIn profile.