Resume of Foster Winans

SUMMARY: Journalist, author/ghostwriter/editor of 40+ books; media, editorial, and publishing consultant; commentator on business ethics.

  • "Winans ... writes like a dream." (see reviews below)

  • "Foster did a masterful job making your life story accessible to readers." Robert D. Loomis, Exec. Ed., Random House, The Man on Mao's Right

  • "The content exceeded the high expectations of my editors. The manuscript was in such polished condition, the publisher required only minor changes." (reference on request) 

EDITORIAL, PUBLISHING CONSULTANT
Since 1988: National media consultant, ghostwriting books, proposals, op-eds, book doctoring/editing, book design, production, marketing, and branding.

GENERAL

  • 1998-2005: Founder, Executive Director, The Writers Room of Bucks County, Doylestown, PA. Created, operated, and grew nonprofit resource center serving 2,000 people with focus on professional development.

JOURNALISM

  • Los Angeles Times: Op-Eds

  • 1981 to 1984, Dow Jones & Co., The Wall Street Journal, reporter/columnist, "Heard on the Street."

  • 1967 to 1981, general assignment reporter on daily newspapers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas, Washington. Correspondent: The New York Times. Research contributor: CBS’s "60 Minutes."

BOOKS WITH CREDIT

  • "TRADING SECRETS: Seduction and Scandal at the Wall Street Journal," 1986, St. Martin’s Press. Toni Lopopolo, Executive Editor. (REVIEWS BELOW)

  • "THE GREAT WALL STREET SWINDLE: A legendary trader tells all," with Jim Salim, 2001. Xlibris. Represented by Mark Reiter, IMG Group, New York.

SELECTED EDITORIAL/GHOSTING/PUBLISHING PROJECTS

  • "THE MAN ON MAO'S RIGHT: A Chinese diplomat's memoir," with Ji Chaozhu, translator for Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai. For Random House, scheduled for summer 2008. Represented by Al Zuckerman, Writers House, New York.

  • "STOLEN WITHOUT A GUN: Confessions from inside history's biggest accounting fraud," Walt Pavlo Jr. and Forbes Senior Editor Neil A. Weinberg. September 2008.

  • "NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETING" with Tom Feltenstein, Sept. 2004, Entrepreneur Press. Agent Jeff Herman, Jeff Herman Agency.

  • "401 KILLER PROMOTIONAL TACTICS" for Tom Feltenstein, Sept. 2004, Entrepreneur Press. Agent Jeff Herman, Jeff Herman Agency.

  • "IT'S NOT MY DEPARTMENT," business motivational, ghosted for Peter Glen, 1990, William Morrow and Company. Editor, Adrian Zackheim. Agent Jane Dystel.

  • "THE TEN TRUTHS of WEALTH CREATION : How to reach your money goals sooner and safer in good times and bad," by John E. Girouard, Institute for Financial Independence.

  • "WHERE THERE'S A WILL: Last Wills of the Rich and Renowned," ghosted for Stephen M. Silverman, 1991 HarperCollins. Agent Al Lowman, Authors & Artists Group.

NOVELS

  • 1993-2000, eight-book series of historical novels, for HarperCollins Publishers. (Reference on request.)

REVIEW BLURBS FOR "TRADING SECRETS"

  • "Candid and engrossing." Time Magazine

  • "This guy can write. Winans can make you feel what is happening better than most fiction writers I’ve read." Pittsburgh Press

  • "The book is wonderfully crafted. It is engrossing." Dallas Morning News

  • "This is polished prose, revealing a journalistic background and a good literary touch." Philadelphia Inquirer

  • "This is fast-paced, well written. Riveting." Publishers Weekly

  • "The guy can write." Kirkus Reviews

  • "Winans is a talented writer." USA Today

  • "A captivating book...combination morality play, spy thriller and journalism primer." Chicago Sun Times

  • "Tightly written, dramatic. A compelling book." New York Daily News

  • "An ambitiously crafted narrative." LA Times

  • "Gripping. He writes well. This book moves. The reader gets involved." San Diego Union

  • "Superbly crafted. Rich in detail and written in a compelling narrative style, it reads like a popular novel." Business Week

  • "Winans ... writes like a dream." Washington Times

  • "This is an immensely readable chronicle." Christian Science Monitor