( for editors, agents, & publishers / and author of the blog, " Schmidt Happens " )
Content Consultant
“Doug is The Author Whisperer …
simply put, he saves books.”
Karen Pickering, Publisher, Book Villages
Editorial Manager with David C. Cook Publishing Co. (17 years) https://davidccook.com / Currently working on contract with multiple publishers …
Sample book-editing projects: Love Your Life, Not Theirs: 7 Money Habits for Living the Life You Want by Rachel Cruze (Dave Ramsey’s daughter) [Non-fiction ghost editor for Ben Stroup]; 9 1/2 Months, by Bonnie Prestel (novel); East Colfax by Shawn Sikkema (autobiography); Generations by Kenny Sargent (novel); Ten (10) 800-page NIV Lesson Commentaries by David C. Cook.
Quarterly contributor to the #1 Best Seller in the Christian Book Market (every August): The Standard Lesson Commentary.
Co-creator of the first successful digital Christian curriculum (Real Life Downloaded, David C. Cook — now in its 21st year of circulation). https://www.reallifedownloaded.com
Contributing writer and editor for The Quest Study Bible, published by Zondervan & Christianity Today. (Over one million sold).
Author of two books (published by David C. Cook). two LifeChange Studies by NavPress, and numerous small group resources.
The curriculum products Doug works on reach over 400,000 people, four times a year.
Doug holds degrees in biblical studies from Wheaton College (B.A.) and systematic theology (M.A.) from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.
