Chapter 160: Nita Prose on mastering manuscripts and making Molly the Maid
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Neil Pasricha interviews Nita Prose about her journey from editor to bestselling author of the Molly the Maid series.
Happy Flower Moon , everyone! Up in Toronto we're experiencing a wonderful blooming, a beautiful bird migration , and lots of slowly-getting-warmer days as we inch towards summer. With this warm spring breeze I'm thrilled to welcome our latest 3 Books guest: a luminous force in publishing, a powerhouse editor-turned-author, and a wonderful storyteller ... the one and only Nita Prose ! Today Nita is best known for her Molly the Maid mystery series which features three main titles and a holiday edition—' The Maid , ' ' The Mystery Guest , ' ' The Mistletoe Mystery , ' and ' The Maid's Secret '—which have collectively sold over 2 million copies. Raised in Ontario's Simcoe County, Nita began her career by contributing to literary magazines, became a production editor with HarperCollins, and then became a Senior Editor at Doubleday. She then held the lofty publishing position of Vice President and Editorial Director at Simon & Schuster Canada and oversaw titles by authors like Rupi Kaur ( @rupikaur_ ), Kate Morton ( @katemortonauthor ), Iain Reid ( @tidydissolve ), and... me! Nita was the editor of my book on resilience ' You…
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