Nevin Mays has worked in publishing for more than fifteen years with publishers including Penguin Random House, Hachette, Scholastic, and Disney. She worked in-house as an acquiring editor and list manager as well as a developmental editor and copyeditor, before opening her independent editorial services business in Portland. In addition to teaching Children’s Book Publishing in the masters in book publishing program at Portland State University, she is currently the baby bard at Green Bean Books and volunteers as a reading tutor and writing workshop facilitator throughout Portland.
