Writer/editor dedicated to making science reader-friendly.
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Mary J. Nickum
Information services has been my career choice. I am a retired librarian, who is now an editor and freelance writer. In January, 2011, I opened a new editorial and writing business in Fountain Hills called All Things Editorial. Also, I am a principal with The Path to Publication Group, a writing and publishing cooperative headquartered in Fountain Hills.
I have been an AZDP State Committee Member since 2010. I am Co-Chair of the Disabilities Caucus, a member of the Election Integrity Committee and the LGBT Caucus. I am a precinct Committee person and I serve as 2nd Vice Chair of Legislative District 23 (8). I currently serve as a 1st Co-Vice Chair of Democracy for America – Maricopa County and am on the Steering Committee for Progressive Democrats of America.
I earned a B.A. degree in English Education at Northland College, Ashland, Wisconsin, a Masters in Librarianship at the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies from Oregon State University. I’ve worked as a science librarian at US Environmental Protection Agency, National Water Quality Laboratory in Duluth, MN, as Oceanography/Zoology librarian at Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, as Project Manager of the Fish and Wildlife Reference Service in Rockville, MD and Information Services Division Manager at the Maxima Corporation, Lanham, MD.
I am a former editor of The Progressive Fish-Culturist, Editor-in-Chief of the Intermountain Journal of Science, and currently edit the World Aquaculture magazine. My articles are published in: Hatchery International, Aquaculture Magazine, Northern Aquaculture and Fish Farming News.
Additionally, I am the Editor-in-Chief of the new literary magazine published in Fountain Hills, THE PATH. I’ve also authored a children’s book about multiple sclerosis, Mom’s Story, a Child Learns about MS, which is in its third year of sales.
OWAA Excellence in Craft Award 2009 (Technical Contest, Magazine catagory)
Finfish Aquaculture Biosecurity: Part II The Farm Level. Aquaculture Magazine
34 (2):32-36. 2008.
Who’s Who in American Education, 1992
Project Manager of the Year, 1989 (The MAXIMA Corporation)
Employee of the Month, October, 1989 (The MAXIMA Corporation)
Who’s Who of On-line Professionals, 1984
Who’s Who of American Women, 1974; 1990/91; 1998/99
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Mom's Story, A Child Learns About MS,2nd edition. Saguaro Books,2013.
A Girl Named Mary, Saguaro Books, LLC 2020
Eve, the First (Liberated) Woman, Saguaro Books, LLC 2020
Looking at the Cat, an Eye on Evolution, Book 1. The Aquitaine Reluctant Reader Series, August, 2016
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3212 N. Miller Rd. Apt. 127
Scottsdale AZ 85251-7929
US
Mary Nickum
Mary is a retired librarian and project manager, who is now an editor and freelance writer. Her primary focus is on science for the public, especially topics related to natural history. She has chosen to extend her science for the public outreach to children.
Mary J. Nickum
I am a retired librarian, who is now an editor and freelance writer of articles on biological subjects. My primary focus is on science for the public. I have chosen to extend my outreach of science for the public to children
I am Editor-in-Chief of the literary magazine, THE PATH.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-PATH/236168653085138?sk=wall
Saguaro Books
Publishing middle grade and young adult fiction by first-time authors.
All Things Editorial
serves authors, especially new authors, prepare their manuscripts for publication
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