"In addition to being an extremely talented writer, Jim Lewis is an exceptional editor. He reads with uncommon intelligence — attuned to structure, voice, and pacing down to the molecule. Jim doesn’t just make a manuscript better; he makes the writer smarter about their own work.”

— Adrienne Brodeur, bestselling author of Wild Game and Little Monsters

“Jim Lewis has worked with me on a few projects now, and I'm not sure what I would have done without him. It's not just his thoroughness, his eye for detail, his big heart when it comes to story — he's also able to see potential and to see options, and he knows how to ask questions that will lead you to a better piece of work, simple as that. His ability to meet you where you are, and then to help you see beyond, is like a superpower.”

—Jardine Libaire, author of White Fur and You're An Animal

For a surgeon, precision matters not for its own sake but for the health of the body. A good editor is like that: exacting for the sake of the work as a whole, not simply principled for principle’s sake. Jim Lewis is not just a good editor; he is one of the best. He is demanding but humane, possesses the deep curiosity and rich knowledge of someone who has read a great many books, and has that intuitive understanding of the uniquely weird headspace writers tend to inhabit that only comes from a lifetime of devotion to the art of words. All of which is to say, I wish I had met Jim twenty years ago.

— Pete Candler, author of A Deeper South