A little about me
Paul Weisser attended Cornell University, majoring in literature and philosophy. After briefly studying law at Harvard University, he returned to literary studies and received his Master’s degree in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago, and then his Ph.D. in Dramatic Art from the University of California at Berkeley.
While at Berkeley he specialized in stage direction and dramatic theory. He was a guest lecturer on comic theory at the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco, and a director at the San Francisco Playhouse. Later he was a guest director and Visiting Assistant Professor of Drama at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and then an Assistant Professor of Drama at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
Pursuing his creative interest in comedy and animation, he spent two years in the former Yugoslavia working for Zagreb Film as a writer, director, editor, and associate producer of animated and documentary films, and then moved to London to work as a writer for the Educational Film Centre and as a writer and associate director for Bob Godfrey Films. With the latter, he was a co-author of Great, winner of the Academy Award for animation in 1975.
Upon returning to the United States, he worked briefly in Hollywood as a writer for Wolper Productions before turning to freelance writing and editing. He has taught book editing at the University of California in Berkeley, and is an Adjunct Professor of Literature, Theater, and Creative Writing at Greenwich University in Australia. Most recently, he has completed the authorized stage adaptation of The Clown, a novel by Heinrich Böll, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1972.
Dr. Weisser has edited more than 100 books for academic and commercial publishers, including University of California Press, Stanford University Press, Oxford University Press, Cornell University Press, Sierra Club Books, HarperCollins Publishers, Warner Books, North Atlantic Books, Wadsworth Publishing Company, Lawrence Hall of Science, Institute of East Asian Studies, University of California Art Museum, and others.
He also helps individuals, in person or on the internet, with nonfiction books, novels, short stories, children’s stories, screenplays, stage plays, speeches, poetry collections, doctoral dissertations, master’s theses, articles, papers, proposals, brochures, flyers, letters, resumés, tutorial instruction, and an occasional love letter!
In addition to editorial and writing assistance, he can provide desktop publishing services, guide you through every step of self-publishing, or refer you to an appropriate publisher, producer, or literary agent.
(identities of private clients are kept confidential)