R. FOSTER WINANS
PROSE & PICTURES, INC.
47 W. Oakland Avenue, Doylestown, PA 18901
Vx: 215.500.1989 - Fx: 866.289-4613
E: rfwinans@verizon.net

SUMMARY: Writer with 15 years journalism/media experience; author/ghostwriter/editor of 30+ books; media, editorial, and publishing consultant; commentator on business ethics. (WIKIPEDIA ENTRY)

• "Winans ... writes like a dream." (see reviews below)
• "The content exceeded the high expectations of my editors. The manuscript was in such polished condition, the publisher required only minor changes." (see reference)

EDITORIAL, PUBLISHING CONSULTANT
Since 1988: Prose & Pictures, Inc.-National media consultant, ghostwriting books, proposals, op-eds, book doctoring/editing, book design, production, and marketing, web content writer/editor.

GENERAL
1998-2005: Founder, Executive Director, The Writers Room of Bucks County, Doylestown, PA. Created, operated, and grew nonprofit resource center serving 2,000 people with focus on professional development.

AUTHOR
1985-Present: Author, Co-author, Ghostwriter (see credits below)

JOURNALISM:

• 1981 to 1984, Dow Jones & Co., The Wall Street Journal, reporter/columnist, "Heard on the Street."

• 1967 to 1981, general assignment reporter on daily newspapers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, Washington. Correspondent: The New York Times. Research contributor: CBS’s "60 Minutes."

BOOKS WITH CREDIT:

• "TRADING SECRETS: Seduction and Scandal at the Wall Street Journal,"
  1986, St. Martin’s Press. Toni Lopopolo, Executive Editor. (REVIEWS BELOW)

• "CLEARING MY CONSCIENCE: A personal journey from disgrace to redemption" 2003 Autobiographical take on ethics, in development with Jane Dystel Literary Management.

• "THE GREAT WALL STREET SWINDLE: A legendary trader tells all," with Jim Salim, 2001. Xlibris. Represented by Mark Reiter, IMG Group, New York.

SELECTED EDITORIAL/GHOSTING/PUBLISHING PROJECTS:

• "THE MAN ON MAO'S RIGHT: A Chinese diplomat's memoir" - for Ji Chaozhu, retired Chinese Ambassador to Great Britain, translator for Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. For Random House, scheduled for Spring 2008. Represented by Al Zuckerman, Writers House, New York.

• "NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETING" with Tom Feltenstein, Sept. 2004, Entrepreneur Press. Agent Jeff Herman, Jeff Herman Agency.
  "401 KILLER PROMOTIONAL TACTICS" for Tom Feltenstein, Sept. 2004, Entrepreneur Press. Agent Jeff Herman, Jeff Herman Agency.

• "IT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT," business motivational, ghosted for Peter Glen, 1990, William Morrow and Company. Editor, Adrian Zackheim. Agent Jane Dystel.
• "THE TEN TRUTHS of WEALTH CREATION : How to reach your money goals sooner and safer in good times and bad," by John E. Girouard, Institute for Financial Independence.

• "WHERE THERE'S A WILL: Last Wills of the Rich and Renowned," ghosted for Stephen M. Silverman, 1991 HarperCollins. Agent Al Lowman, Authors & Artists Group.

• NOVELS : 1993-2000, eight-book series of historical novels, for HarperCollins Publishers. (Reference on request.)

REVIEW BLURBS FOR "TRADING SECRETS"

• "Candid and engrossing." Time Magazine
• "This guy can write. Winans can make you feel what is happening better than most fiction writers I’ve read." Pittsburgh Press
• "The book is wonderfully crafted. It is engrossing." Dallas Morning News
• "This is polished prose, revealing a journalistic background and a good literary touch." Philadelphia Inquirer
• "This is fast-paced, well written. Riveting." Publishers Weekly
• "The guy can write." Kirkus Reviews
• "Winans is a talented writer." USA Today
• "A captivating book...combination morality play, spy thriller and journalism primer." Chicago Sun Times
• "Tightly written, dramatic. A compelling book." New York Daily News
• "An ambitiously crafted narrative." LA Times
• "Gripping. He writes well. This book moves. The reader gets involved." San Diego Union
• "Superbly crafted. Rich in detail and written in a compelling narrative style, it reads like a popular novel." Business Week
• "Winans ... writes like a dream." Washington Times
• "This is an immensely readable chronicle." Christian Science Monitor