Editor and Writer

Nancy Shayne

*** **** **** ******, ***. #*, New York, NY 10036

***********@*****.*** ● 917-***-****

Professional Goal

To work in customer service.

Commitment to excellence, flexibility, speed, clarity and ability to be a great team player.

Experience

Author, Developmental Editor and Dramaturg

August 2015- present

I work with playwrights, novelists, and performing artists to enhance their body of work.

Writer: New York Times Modern Love Section

“We Came From Her Leg”

November 2020

Legal Secretary – Dickstein & Shapiro

August 2008 – November 2015

Legal secretary for three partners at this elite firm in the White Collar Crime division.

Legal Secretary – Stern & Montana

March 2003 to June 2006

Legal secretary at this insurance fraud litigation firm.

Legal Secretary – Gutterman & Associates

July 2000 to November 2002

Legal secretary and office manager for this boutique family law practice.

Lyricist and Composer – The Transport Group

January 2008 to May 2008

Premiered the original musical Marcy in the Galaxy at this Obie award winning Off-Broadway theater.

Book, Music & Lyrics by Nancy Shayne, based on a story by Nancy Shayne and Michael Patrick King (Sex and the City: The Movie.)

Book Editor – Sondra Lee Project

January 200d to January 2006

Edited Ms. Lee's memoir of her career as a Broadway performer and renowned acting teacher.

Relevant Experience

Author – NY Times Modern Love Story “I Came From Her Leg”; Mr. Potato Head Across America (Dutton Children’s Books); Through Heaven’s Eyes (DreamWorks) Published Essays on Demand; Essayist in Woman Without Kids’ Composer for Jerry Stiller’s Grammy Nominated Audiobook Married To Laughter

Skills

MS Word; Excel; Outlook; WordPerfect; PC Docs; Adobe Acrobat; Goggle Docs

Typing 90 wpm; Fast Longhand 80 wpm; Transcription of documents

Education

B.A. University of Detroit

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