WHAT He's DONE

Bruce Bortz has ghostwritten three books so far, including Julius Westheimer’s Generation of Wealth, Herman Cain’s CEO of Self, and Nathan Chapman, Jr.’s The Chapman Way to Enrich America: Investing in Our Domestic Emerging Markets. Two of the three were based on one-on-one interviews with the authors.

Bruce’s editorial experience, however, spans an even vaster plane. Since 1992, he’s edited two investment/business books; four biographies; three humor books; one health/medical book; three sports books; three books of essays, including collections from Pulitzer Prize-winning writers Alice Steinbach and Stephen Hunter; more than a dozen mysteries/thrillers, including Those Who Trespass: A Novel of Murder and Television, by the host of the Fox News’ O’Reilly Factor, Bill O’Reilly; one work of spiritual non-fiction; a dozen or more young adult novels; and five or so literary novels.

Many of Bancroft Press’ books have gone on to bigger and better things, from small-scale successes, like the starred Booklist review of Matthew Olshan’s Finn: a novel and its selection as a Los Angeles book of the year by the LA School District, to even greater triumphs, including foreign sales, mass market publication, and book club selections. Jonathon Scott Fuqua’s The Reappearance of Sam Webber, Bancroft’s first foray into young adult fiction, was awarded one of publishing’s most prestigious awards, the ALEX Award, for best adult fiction for young adults. Libby Sternberg’s first published young adult mystery, Uncovering Sadie’s Secrets, was recently named a finalist for the esteemed Edgar Allen Poe Award for best mystery for young adults, and purchased for mass market rights by Dorchester/Leisure/Smooch. Our books have been optioned by the likes of Showtime, Barry Levinson, Mel Gibson, and Michael Sullivan Productions, and been adapted into television specials on ABC and the BBC.

A recent great success at Bancroft has been with the second book by bestselling financial thriller writer Ken Morris, The Deadly Trade. After taking several passes at the original manuscript, using techniques as varied as Excel spreadsheets, mathematical formulas, and the trusty old red pen, Bruce succeeded in meeting the goal we have for all our books—making it “critic-proof.” He saw the evidence of this in the best possible way: The Deadly Trade garnered favorable reviews in all four of the industry’s top trade review magazines: Library Journal, Publishers Weekly , Booklist , and Kirkus. In addition, “America’s #1 reviewer,” Harriet Klausner, gave The Deadly Trade an unprecedented 10 out of 10, a “truly exceptional read, the finest example of a genre, a book with which the reviewer can find no fault, and which will usually have universal appeal.”

Please see www.bancroftpress.com for a complete listing of all our published books and their accolades.