Wes Miller helps aspiring authors elevate their craft and see their work in new ways, offering tools and frameworks honed over nearly fifteen years as an acquiring editor.
Most of his career was spent at Hachette Book Group — first at Little, Brown and Company, where he helped launch the mystery/thriller imprint Mulholland Books.
Then in 2016, Wes moved to Little, Brown’s sister company, Grand Central Publishing, where his list expanded to include a stable of bestselling commercial fiction authors.
There, he edited and launched more than a dozen books that debuted on the New York Times bestsellers list, six of them at #1, including:
- I Will Find You by Harlan Coben
- The Match by Harlan Coben
- Bloodless by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- City of Endless Night by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- The Escape Artist by Brad Meltzer
His passion has always been working with debut authors, several of whose careers he was lucky enough to successfully launch during his time at a Big 5 publisher. At KAA, Wes works with both aspiring writers and our ghostwriting clients to help build and launch the best possible version of their book.
Wes is now available to work with KAA clients as a full-time staff member. Let our team of industry experts make your publishing dreams a reality.
Praise for Wes Miller’s Editorial Skill
“As co-authors of over thirty thrillers, we have been blessed with a succession of excellent editors. We can state unreservedly that Wes Miller is among the very best of this outstanding list. We worked with him over six years on more than half a dozen novels, all of which debuted in the top five of the New York Times bestseller list, several in the #1 position. His intellect, experience, and temperament ideally suit him for the business of editing.
“Wes stands out in many ways. He accomplishes brilliantly that vital editorial task of ensuring his authors get the attention and support in-house necessary for a successful publication. But it is in the art of editing itself that Wes shines most brightly: his ability to take a manuscript and, working with the author, transform it into a book of true excellence. All this he does with patience, imperturbability, sensitivity, and skill.
“When Wes left Grand Central Publishing to start his own business, it was, to be honest, a blow to us personally and professionally, but our loss is now a gain for those fortunate writers who have access to his freelance talents. We unequivocally recommend Wes Miller to anyone seeking a superb and versatile editor.”
—Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, bestselling authors of the Pendergast series
“After writing my first crime novel in more than ten years, there was the small matter of placing it with an editor who would ensure that the manuscript achieved its full potential on the journey from completed draft to published book. Having worked with Wes Miller previously on a novel I co-authored with Guillermo del Toro, I knew he would bring a cool, critical eye to the prose and a storyteller’s ear to any vagaries of character or plot. GANGLAND was named one of the best crime novels of the year by the New York Times and nominated for an Edgar award—and then Wes decamped from publishing in order to strike out on his own. May my loss be your gain.”
—Chuck Hogan, author of The Town
“I am deeply indebted to my editor, Wes Miller, for making me a better writer in spite of myself.”
—Joe Ide, author of IQ
“Wes Miller is a man of remarkable insight. My book THE OMEGA FACTOR became much better thanks to him.”
—Steve Berry, author of The Templar Legacy and The Lost Kingdom
“The best editors know exactly when, where, and how to push, and my novel improved leaps and bounds under Wes Miller’s care.”
—Sean Doolittle, author of Device Free Weekend
“Wes Miller made my book better. He’s a true artist. A great man. A great editor. And a dear friend.”
—Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and Imaginary Friend
“Wes acquired my manuscript when it was about half of the book that it would become. He showed immense faith in me as a writer, trusting my vision even as it was hazy and incomplete. I spent ten months writing under his guidance, and they were as intense and productive as I could possibly have hoped. Wes gave me space to try things, search, and make mistakes. Throughout, his notes were clear and incredibly considered, balancing matters of voice and syntax with macro-level guidance toward the manuscript we both believed was possible, even if we weren’t sure how to get there. Which is all to say that I trusted his vision every bit as much as he trusted mine. The result was the best possible version of a book that I didn’t even set out, exactly, to write. He’s very, very good at what he does, and I remain, years later, grateful to have worked with him.”
—Kyle Beachy, author of The Most Fun Thing: Dispatches from a Skateboard Life
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