Selected Clients
Business
abbago travel
banana republic
kairoi healthcare
metaphor naming
robert Paul properties
smith & hawken
union bank of california
wilkinson ecological design
williams sonoma
Publishing
harry n. abrams
bantam books
harpercollins
Macgillivray freeman films
the nature company/discovery
newmarket press
palace press/insight editions
tarcher/putnam
john wiley & sons
Nonprofit
california teachers association
earthjustice
hanuman medical foundation
kaiser permanente
orLEans conservation trust
San Francisco symphony
shoah foundation/UCLA
sierra club
trust for public land
Testimonials & Reviews
“Diana has created websites, run identity development projects, and written white papers and other content for companies and organizations I’ve directed. She is a trusted, creative, resourceful collaborator, quick to comprehend the big picture as well as the granular detail of our endeavors in the complex realm of healthcare.”
“Diana has worked with me on many illustrated books — mostly in the movie tie-in genre — as a writer, editor, compiler, and packager. Whether it’s interviewing film industry titans like Ridley Scott, interfacing with authors and clients, or researching historical background, she brings insight, imagination, and organizing vision to the task. Her deep engagement and careful work make any project better.”
“Diana Landau is a wonderful writer. She is full of creative ideas, drafts impeccable copy, and is always sensitive to a project’s schedule. ”
“Diana wrote content for and helped plan major websites for our tourism and restaurant businesses. By listening closely, observing our operations, and researching the field, she found just the right tone and language to reach our market of upscale, adventurous diners and travelers. Her enthusiasm kept us moving forward, and her attention to detail was reassuring for businesses that depend on reputation. We would always look to her when we need a highly skilled communicator.”
“I am forever grateful for your editing on the Nutrition Guidelines booklet. Hope you don’t mind that I added you as a contributing author to the document. The final version will be implemented in all of Kaiser’s Northern California facilities.”
“Diana is an exceptional editor. Besides improving sentences and paragraphs, she asks tough questions about content and communication goals. She also shepherded our book through production, identifying and collaborating with talented partners to help with design and proofreading. And she was a terrific help with marketing, helping us sharpen copy for collateral materials and our website.”
“From her early ideas on strategically restructuring my manuscript, to sourcing the best personnel to work on various aspects of the book, to her hands-on editing and marketing savvy, Diana managed the whole process superbly. I’ve also been impressed by her obvious talent for crafting lively prose and persuasive communications of all kinds. I would recommend Diana to anyone needing a top editor, collaborator, or writer for hire.”
“Diana brings out the best in the lucky writers who work with her. Superior analytic skills allow her to see right through a tangle manuscript to a better organized, more graceful, more interesting book. She’s indefatigable, with high standards, endless curiosity, and an ability to convey her ideas with tact and clarity.”
“Diana and I have worked together as writer and editor on a number of projects including the ‘Art of the State’ series for Abrams. Diana managed the overall project and each volume with consummate professionalism and an experienced eye for both the telling detail and the big picture. Any writer would be honored to have her prose polished by Diana, and any publisher would be thrilled to have her steady hand at the tiller.”
“I’m indebted to Diana Landau, who helped in the conception of the book (‘Wild by Law,’ published by Earthjustice), found the photographer, engaged the designer, hired the printer, and made the project happen. Without her, all we’d have is a fat manuscript and a pile of transparencies.”
“Working with you has been a great experience that I will never forget. I trust you and your instincts, and that makes you irreplaceable.”
“The book is beautifully organized into sections around the four seasons.... Each chapter closes with ‘gratitude practices,’ offering concrete ways to cultivate and express gratitude.”
And the best career advice I ever got:
“You did a good job editing my prose, but you didn’t praise me enough.”