Paul Weisser, Writer/Editor/Desktop Publisher, Ph.D.

Specialties

Dr. Weisser has edited more than 100 books for academic and commercial publishers, including University of California Press, Stanford University Press, Oxford University Press, Cornell University Press, Sierra Club Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Warner Books, North Atlantic Books, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Lawrence Hall of Science, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California Art Museum, and others.

He also helps individuals, in person or on the internet, with nonfiction books, novels, short stories, children’s stories, screenplays, speeches, poetry collections, doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, articles, papers, proposals, brochures, flyers, letters, resumés, and tutorial instruction.

In addition to editorial and writing assistance, he can provide desktop publishing services, guide you through every step of self-​publishing, or refer you to an appropriate publisher, producer, or literary agent.

History

Established in 1975.

— Paul Weisser was a guest lecturer on comic theory at the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, and a director at the San Francisco Playhouse. He was a guest director and Visiting Assistant Professor of Drama at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and then an Assistant Professor of Drama at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

In Europe, Paul worked as a writer, director, editor, and associate producer of animated and documentary films at Zagreb Film, and then as a writer for the Educational Film Centre and as a writer and associate director for Bob Godfrey Films. With the latter, he was a co-​author of GREAT, winner of the Academy Award for animation in 1975.

Paul worked in Hollywood as a writer for Wolper Productions before turning to freelance writing and editing. He has taught book editing at UC Berkeley and most recently has completed the authorized stage adaptation of THE CLOWN, a novel by Heinrich Böll, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972

Meet the Business Owner

Paul W.

Business Owner

Paul Weisser attended Cornell University, majoring in literature and philosophy. After briefly studying law at Harvard University, he returned to literary studies and received his M.A. in English from the University of Chicago, and then his Ph.D. in Dramatic Art from UC Berkeley.

In addition to being a professional writer, editor, and desktop publisher, he is an amateur photographer and sculptor.