Biographies

Wendalyn Nichols

Wendalyn Nichols is the editor of ContentWise and its sister publication Copyediting (formerly Copy Editor). She was a teacher of remedial English, ESL, and composition for twelve years before entering publishing. She began as a freelance researcher, writer, and editor, then became a lexicographer and editor with the Longman Group. For four years she was the editorial director of Random House Reference and Information Publishing.

Wendalyn has been interviewed about language on The Today Show, CNN, The Joy of Lex (The Discovery Channel), and dozens of radio programs, including Public Radio International's The Next Big Thing and NPR's Talk of the Nation. She was a regular contributor to The Mavens' Word of the Day Web site, answering questions about word origins and usage. In her career she has edited a variety of texts, including novels, nonfiction works, scholarly articles, textbooks, dictionaries, children's books, sales materials, corporate communications—and of course, newsletter articles.