I was an editor — first Observing Editor, then Associate Editor — at Sky & Telescope for five years. During that time, I produced more star charts and tables than any reader could possibly imagine. While editor, I led tours to Iceland to see the northern lights and around the greater American Southwest to visit historic observatories. I also had the privilege to work with both legends in and newcomers to the field. In addition to editing, I did quite a bit of writing, beginning with news posts for our website and book reviews for the print issue. By the time I left, I was writing the monthly Celestial Calendar for the print issue, all the monthly observing content for our annual publication SkyWatch, and also producing the technical content for S&T's annual observing calendar. The SkyWatch writing was my favorite, but I've gathered here some of my other assignments. Editing samples from both S&T and SkyWatch are available upon request.
"Art of the Universe," review of Cosmigraphics: Picturing Space Through Time by Michael Benson (Abrams, 2014)
"Our Place in the Universe," review of Galactic Encounters: Our Majestic and Evolving Star-System, From the Big Bang to Time’s End by William Sheehan and Christopher J. Conselice (Springer, 2015)
"Art from Science," review of Expanding Universe: Photographs from the Hubble Space Telescope edited by Nina Weiner, with contributions from Owen Edwards, Zoltan Levay, Charles F. Bolden, Jr., and John Mace Grunsfeld (TASCHEN, 2015)
"Science vs. Science," review of Setting Aside All Authority: Giovanni Battista Riccioli and the Science against Copernicus in the Age of Galileo by Christopher M. Graney (University of Notre Dame Press, 2015)
"A Fresh Approach," review of The Total Skywatcher’s Manual by Astronomical Society of the Pacific (Weldon Owen, 2015)
"Representing the Universe," review of Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space by Stuart Lowe & Chris North (Aurum Press, 2015)
"Big Science, Small Science," review ofBlack Hole Blues and Other Songs from Outer Space by Janna Levin (Alfred A. Knopf, 2016)
"Success Story," review of The Far End of the Journey: Lowell Observatory’s 24-inch Clark Telescope by Kevin Schindler (Lowell Observatory, 2016)
"Totality Changes Everything," review of SUN MOON EARTH: The History of Solar Eclipses from Omens of Doom to Einstein and Exoplanets by Tyler Nordgren (Basic Books, 2016)
"Pure & Simple," review of Night Sky with the Naked Eye: How to Find Planets, Constellations, Satellitesand Other Night Sky Wonders Without a Telescope by Bob King (Page Street Publishing, 2016)
"X-Ray Revelations," review of Chandra's Cosmos: Dark Matter, Black Holes, and Other Wonders Revealed by NASA’s Premier X-Ray Observatory by Wallace H. Tucker (Smithsonian Books, 2017)
"Other Worlds," review of The Planet Factory: Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth by Elizabeth Tasker (Bloomsbury Sigma, November 2017)
"A Grand Endeavor," review of Universe: Exploring the Astronomical World by Phaidon Editors, Paul Murdin (Phaidon, 2017)
"A New Nighttime Companion," review of interstellarum Deep Sky Guide by Ronald Stoyan and Uwe Glahn(Oculum-Verlag GmbH and Cambridge University Press, 2018)
"Step by Step to Success," review of 100 Things to See in the Night Sky by Dean Regas (Adams Media, 2017)
"An Kythe the Mystery," review of Oor Big Braw Cosmos: A Cocktail of Cosmic Science, Imagery & Poetry by John C. Brown and Rab Wilson (Luath Press Ltd, 2019)