About Ann Wylie

Develop world-class editorial skills with an internationally award-winning magazine editor

Ann Wylie runs a company called Wylie Communications Inc. She works with editors who want to reach more readers and with publishing companies that want to beat the competition.

She is the author of more than a dozen learning tools, including "Revving Up Readership" and "Make Your Copy More Creative."

Before starting her firm, Ann was editor of Ingram’s, a nationally acclaimed executive magazine. During her tenure, Ingram’s editorial and design earned dozens of awards for excellence, and the magazine saw circulation increase by 35 percent and ad sales soar by one-third.

Her work has earned more than 40 editorial awards, including several national American Association of Business Publications awards.

Now Ann helps organizations launch and improve their publications.

Ann's popular workshops take her from Hollywood to Helsinki, from Atlanta to Amsterdam and from Portland to Paris. There, she works with magazine editors at such groups as:

• Cahner's
• PRIMEDIA/Intertec
• McMurry Publishing
• American Business Media
• Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
• American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)
• Folio:

Ann has written articles for magazines ranging from Business Week to Chain Saw Age. For her articles, she has interviewed CEOs and billionaires, such movie stars as Robert Redford, Brad Pitt and George Clooney — and the guys who change the lightbulbs at Hallmark.

Ann holds an M.A. in journalism from the University of Kansas. In addition to her full-time work, she taught graduate writing courses at Webster University for more than a decade.