Sonya Grayson

Sonya Grayson is a professional editor, writer, and digital media consultant based in New York. She holds an M.S. in Publishing and Digital Media from NYU and a B.A. in Literature. Her published children's book, Communicating Chemistry, is part of an elementary school curriculum in science and literacy education. Her passions include education, literacy, and books in all forms and genres. In her spare time, she tutors children and adults in writing and English and volunteers at the Brooklyn Public Library and Housing Works Bookstore Cafe.

She is available for freelance opportunities on a range of subjects and projects and has experience with Chicago, MLA, APA, AP, and AMA style; please inquire! This is a list of some past projects:

-Assistant editor for Seeds of Science/Roots of Reading (www.scienceandliteracy.org), Lawrence Hall of Science and the Graduate School of Education at the University of California-Berkeley, producer of 81 children's books ranging from chemistry to ocean science to soil habitats to planets and moons

-Medical annotations and proofreading for the Spine Institute, Santa Monica, CA

-Editor of The Time Seekers by D.A. Squires, a YA adventure story about a talking parrot and his friends

-Editor of Monster by Micael Dahlen, Volante Publishing, Sweden

-​Proofreader of Unleashing The Power of PR: A Contrarian's Guide to Marketing and Communication by Mark Weiner, Jossey-Bass/John Wiley and Sons