Directed marketing and media relations for a new literary agency started by the former publisher at Houghton Mifflin. Led media relations campaign supporting the legal challenge to US Treasury regulations; composed press releases and ghost-wrote op-ed in The New York Times that led to reversal of regulation and secured a six-figure book deal from Random House on behalf of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize recipient, Shirin Ebadi. Booked front-page article in The New York Times on behalf of historian David Blight about the discovery of slave narratives leading to a mid-six-figure book sale. Developed media relations and marketing for proposed purchase and re-launch of historic trade publishing house Houghton Mifflin after retooling for 21st century e-book delivery systems.