Jin Shengtan, who edited several novels in vernacular Chinese in the 17th century, is widely regarded as the pioneer of literature in the vernacular style.

Sometimes when he adapts a novel for the screen, Mr. Schiff said, he feels like an old-fashioned book editor, the kind that used to actually edit novels.

He wrote "Mesure de la France" ("Measure of France") in 1922, which gave him some small notoriety, and edited several novels.

The book was edited by Jeanne Bernkopf, a freelance "book doctor" who had edited several novels by James Clavell, and by Maureen Mahon Egen, the editorial director of Warner hard-cover books.

From 2002-2005, she served as the editor of Lit magazine at The New School in New York, and has also edited several poetry collections and novels for Brooklyn, NY-based Soft Skull Press.

From 1933 to 1938 she lived in Vienna, edited the "Österreichische Korrespondenz" and published biographical novels, for example about the feminist Bertha von Suttner.

Rose has edited and co-authored graphic novels for DC Comics, including La Pacifica (Paradox Press) written with Amos Poe and art by Tayyar Ozkan, and Get Jiro!

At present, he lives in his native Wisconsin with his wife and two young sons, and when he is not writing biographies or editing film anthologies, he edits science-fiction/fantasy novels for the publishing division of TSR Inc., the company known for its Dungeons and Dragons games.

He has also edited graphic novels for Dutton Books, earning an award from the American Library Association.

Paul Morrissey is an Eisner Award-winning graphic novel editor and writer, who has edited and developed several comic books, graphic novels and manga.