Editorial Freelancers Association
Member Profile
Arthur Vidro
Arthur Vidro has a degree in English and Journalism. He loves editing mysteries but is experienced with non-fiction too. His own fiction has sold to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mystery Magazine, Woman’s World, and various anthologies. He has sold non-fiction to Mystery Scene and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He has been a local newspaper reporter and editor, a national newspaper copy editor, a book editor, and a creator of legal transcripts.
Nowadays he does part-time proofreading every week for Dell Puzzle Magazines (i.e., verifying the accuracy of crossword puzzle clues), writes a weekly column for the local newspaper, and seeks freelance editing/proofreading/writing assignments.
His favorite credit was editing (and writing a lengthy introduction for) Doctor Poggioli: Criminologist (Crippen & Landru, 2004), a posthumous collection of detective stories by T.S. Stribling, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1932 novel The Store.
He is a longtime member of the Mystery Writers of America and three times has served as a judge for the MWA’s annual Edgar awards. He self-publishes a journal that explores older detective fiction and authors.
In addition to mystery fiction, he is extremely knowledgeable about theater (having acted, directed, and helped out behind the scenes in stage productions for more than thirty years) and Judaism (was secretary of the local synagogue).
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2 Ellery Street
Claremont, NH 03743
US
Home phone: 603-543-0040
Email: vidro@myfairpoint.net
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Years in the field: 20
Years freelancing: 12
Arthur Vidro
Arthur Vidro has a degree in English and Journalism. He loves editing mysteries but is experienced with non-fiction too. His own fiction has sold to Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, Mystery Magazine, Woman’s World, and various anthologies. He has sold non-fiction to Mystery Scene and Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine. He has been a local newspaper reporter and editor, a national newspaper copy editor, a book editor, and a creator of legal transcripts.
Nowadays he does part-time proofreading every week for Dell Puzzle Magazines (i.e., verifying the accuracy of crossword puzzle clues), writes a weekly column for the local newspaper, and seeks freelance editing/proofreading/writing assignments.
His favorite credit was editing (and writing a lengthy introduction for) Doctor Poggioli: Criminologist (Crippen & Landru, 2004), a posthumous collection of detective stories by T.S. Stribling, who won the Pulitzer Prize for his 1932 novel The Store.
He is a longtime member of the Mystery Writers of America and three times has served as a judge for the MWA’s annual Edgar awards. He self-publishes a journal that explores older detective fiction and authors.
In addition to mystery fiction, he is extremely knowledgeable about theater (having acted, directed, and helped out behind the scenes in stage productions for more than thirty years) and Judaism (was secretary of the local synagogue).
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