Jane Fleming Fransson

Editorial Collaborator

Every book is different and unique.

But one thing they all have in common is this: Writing a book can be a long, stressful, and often lonely endeavor. 

I am here to be your partner in the process, able to provide any help you need along the way, and keep you happy and sane throughout.

About Me

I have spent over twenty years working at and for the biggest book publishers in the business. 


The books I’ve edited over the course of my career have included several New York Times and national bestsellers, and been named to numerous Best Books of the Year lists, including those of the New York Times Book Review, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, Financial Times, Esquire, Bloomberg, Washington Post, NPR, Christian Science Monitor, Publisher’s Weekly, and Amazon, as well as been shortlisted for and/or won prestigious awards, including the National Book Awards, the Pulitzer Prize, the James Beard awards, the Caroline Bancroft History Prize, the Christopher Award, and the Edgar Awards.

Nice Things People Have Said

  • Jane Fleming Fransson has a special place in our hearts for her timely, devoted, and critical assist down the home stretch. We suspect she has lived past lives as an ER doctor, or perhaps as a magician, or maybe as a saint. We saw hints of all of those in her performance.

    John Donvan and Caren Zucker, authors of In a Different Key

  • Jane Fleming Fransson’s editing prowess did wonders for my book. Her genuine excitement around my family’s story and belief in me as a writer lit a fuse in me, and helped propel my project into the next phase of its life.

    Georgia Hunter, author of We Were the Lucky Ones

  • Thanks especially to Jane Fleming Fransson, who was kind, understanding, monumentally helpful, and kept us on a deadline even when we were completely lost about what the heck we were doing. This book would simply not exist without her.

    Anney Reese and Samantha McVey, authors of Stuff Mom Never Told You

  • The Art of Gathering: How we meet and why it matters by Priya Parker
  • Born Round: A story of family, food and a ferocious appetite by Frank Bruni
  • Bringing Up Bébé: an American mother discovers the wisdom of French parenting by Pamela Druckerman
  • Deluxe: How luxury lost its luster by Dana Thomas
  • In a Different Key: the story of Autism by John Donvan Caren Zucker
  • Farm City: The education of an urban farmer by Novella Carpenter
  • FInal Salute: a story of unfinished lives by Jim Sheeler
  • Four Fish: the future of the last wild food by Paul Greenberg
  • Gangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire by Jonathan M. KatzGangsters of Capitalism: Smedley Butler, the Marines, and the making and breaking of America's empire by Jonathan M. Katz
  • Languishing: how to feel alive again in a world that wears us down by Corey Keyes
  • Finding George Orwell in Burma by Emma Larkin
  • Provenance: how a con man and a forger rewrote the history of modern art by Laney Salisbury & Aly Sujo
  • Rage Becomes Her: The power of women's anger by Soraya Chemaly
  • Shoot like a Girl: one woman's dramatic fight in Afghanistan and on the home front by Mary Jennings Hegarvv
  • Stuff Mom Never Told You by Anney Reese & Samantha McVey
  • Spies, Lies and Algorithms by Amy B. Zegart
  • The Musical Child by Joan Koenig
  • The Parent Trap by Nate G. Hilger
  • The Tinder Box: HBO's Ruthless Pursuit of New Frontiers by James Andrew Miller
  • The Unforgiving Minute: a Soldier's Education by Craig M. Mullaney
  • We were the Lucky Ones by Georgia Hunter
  • How to Raise a Healthy Gamer by Alok Kanojia, MD

Ready to tell your story?

Let’s see if I can help.