Laura Portwood-Stacer

Laura Portwood-Stacer is the founder of Manuscript Works, which helps scholars achieve clarity and confidence in their published work. She’s also the author of The Book Proposal Book: A Guide for Scholarly Authors (Princeton University Press). She holds a PhD in communication from the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California, and her scholarly articles have appeared in publications such as New Media & Society, Journal of Consumer Culture, Feminist Theory, Sexualities, and Flow. In March of 2021, she became a two-time Jeopardy champion.