Our Team

Andrea Dunlop

began her career at Random House in New York where she worked as a publicist for Doubleday. During her time there she worked on campaigns for such bestselling authors as John Grisham, E. Lynn Harris, Linda Fairstein, Tina Brown, and Jonathan Lethem and managed campaigns for authors such as Sophie Dahl, Walter Kirn, Booker Prize winner Barry Unsworth, Orange Prize winner Valerie Martin, Pulitzer Prize winner Tim Page, bestselling author of the Dexter series Jeff Lindsay, and many others. While in New York, she also worked as a reader for LJK Literary and as an instructor at Columbia University’s Summer Publishing Course. After moving back to her hometown of Seattle in 2010, Andrea worked with Kim Ricketts Book Events where she managed press for visiting authors such as Laurie David, Steven Johnson, chef of the #1 restaurant in the world Rene Redzepi, and others. Andrea has worked with books and authors across a broad swath of subjects including literary and commercial fiction, memoir, non-fiction, cookbooks, and self-help.

andrea@girlfridayproductions.com

Ingrid Emerick

has been in book publishing for nearly twenty years. She began her career at Seal Press (now an imprint of Perseus) and during her twelve years there held a range of positions including publicity director, marketing and sales director, rights director, senior editor, editorial director, and associate publisher. She is the co-editor of Gifts of the Wild: A Woman’s Book of Adventure (Seal Press), A Woman Alone: Travel Tales from Around the Globe (Seal Press), and Go Your Own Way: Women Travel the World Solo (Seal Press). She is the author of City Walks: Seattle (Chronicle Books) and the coauthor of a number of other non-fiction books. Cofounder of Girl Friday Productions, she also teaches publishing and editing classes at the University of Washington, and leads workshops in editing and writing for the Richard Hugo House and the Editorial Freelancers Association. She lives with her husband and two children in Seattle.

ingrid@girlfridayproductions.com

Leslie Miller

is a veteran of the publishing industry and one of the select few that holds an advanced degree in English and actually uses it. The former senior editor of Seal Press, she is also a published author of many articles, essays, and books including Ethan Stowell's New Italian Kitchen, Women Who Eat, and the forthcoming Uncle Dave's Cow, among others. Her recent freelance editorial and collaborative writing projects include The Custom-Fit Workplace: Choose When, Where, and How to Work and Boost Your Bottom Line (Jossey-Bass); A Moment's Peace: A Mom's Guide to Creating Calm Amidst Chaos (Bright Sky); and the award-winning biography Tomaz Humar (Random House UK). Leslie's writing and editing experience is quite diverse and includes ghostwriting, fiction, blogs, curriculum development, cookbooks, political nonfiction, copy writing, memoir, self-help, biography, how-to, and more. Cofounder of Girl Friday Productions, she teaches workshops and classes on editing and book development. She lives in Seattle with her family.

leslie@girlfridayproductions.com

Jenna Land Free

has worked in book and magazine publishing for over a decade, and her experience covers a wide swath of the publishing world. Her staff roles have included the executive editor for the Ross Yoon Literary Agency and senior editor for the book producer becker&mayer!. Her projects have spanned everything from evaluating fiction to ghostwriting business books and memoir. While working for the book producer becker&mayer!, Jenna ghostwrote John Lennon: The New York Years (Stewart, Tabori, and Chang), and channeled the lost journal of none other than Indiana Jones in a book published by Pocket. Jenna has also worked on book projects with Stan Lee, David McCullough, and Marie Tillman; the estates of Bob Marley, Audrey Hepburn, and Jimi Hendrix; and organizations including Disney, Lucasfilm, the Boy Scouts of America, and Heifer International. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two daughters.

jenna@girlfridayproductions.com

Christina Henry De Tessan

has worked in publishing for fifteen years, toiling away in the word business as both an in-house editor (Chronicle Books, Seal Press, Night + Day city guides) and a freelance writer before joining Girl Friday. She is the series editor of Chronicle Books’ bestselling City Walks decks and the author of several decks in the series. She writes for several travel publications, including Condé Nast Traveler’s website, concierge.com, and Alaska Airlines Magazine. A compulsive reader, she loves fiction of all kinds and loves nothing more than to delve into a fresh manuscript. On any given day, Christina may find herself editing a historical novel, generating snappy copy for a corporate website, doing market research for a client’s book proposal or writing a travel piece about one of her favorite cities. She loves all aspects of the book business—writing, editing, research, reading, and, of course, other people who share her passion for words. Originally from San Francisco, she enjoyed stints in Seattle and Paris before finally landing in the foodie-hipster mecca of Portland, Oregon, where she lives with her husband and two energetic sons.

christina@girlfridayproductions.com