Sheila Lamont

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Location
Brooklyn, NY
School
Barnard College
Brooklyn College
Expertise
Book To TV Adaptations, Eastern European Cinema, '90s Cartoons
  • Sheila wrote her undergraduate thesis on “Wild Easterns,” the Soviet answer to American Westerns.
  • She’s a Poynter ACES certified editor with 5+ years of editing experience.
  • Her fiction has been published in multiple outlets.

Experience

A longtime lover of the movies, Sheila is also an experienced editor who revels in un-dangling modifiers and de-splicing commas. Beyond her freelance work at Looper and full-time editing gig, she writes book summaries and reviews for getAbstract. In her free time, Sheila reads Czech fiction, writes stories about sad women, and rewatches “Fleabag.”

Education

Sheila holds a BA from Barnard College and an MFA from Brooklyn College.