Popular New York based publicist SHARON HEEDE has been enthusiastically promoting books and authors, small theater companies, individual artists, professional organizations and small businesses since 1988. She has created publicity campaigns and events for an eclectic list of clients, among them best-selling novelist Anne Rivers Siddons, award-winning theater company "Woman Seeking …" Pulitzer Prize-winner Jared Diamond, choreographer/dancer Bill T. Jones, comedic actor, Rob Becker of the record breaking one-man Broadway show “Defending the Caveman,”award-winning Australian writers Thomas Keneally and Les Murray, photographer Cindy Sherman, fashion designer Thierry Mugler, famed Manhattan pop art gallery owner Holly Solomon, -- the Mets’, best-selling author Andrew Carroll, "War Letters" and "Behind the Lines", legendary boxing champion, Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Times Books, Whiting Writers’ Awards and Council of Literary Magazines and Presses.
“If you are looking for a snappy, witty, engaging brainstormer, well Sharon is the best! Her intelligence, and professionalism plus her warm style really help me to get my project off the ground. Her timeliness and focus, helped me to stay on track. I was very pleased with her work and the materials she created added a nice touch to my business. Thanks again Sharon."
Lionel R. Shockness, C.S.W.
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Sharon has collaborated with publishers such as Rizzoli, DK, Scribners, Kodansha Globe, Simon & Schuster, Amistad, Viking Penguin, HarperCollins, Grove Atlantic, St. Martin’s, Random House, Winslow Press, Times Books, Scholastic, Hyperion Books for Children and Disney Press. She has also been employed by prominent public relations agencies such as Selma Shapiro Public Relations, Amy Alter Associates, PR With a Purpose, Porter Novelli, Blue Moon Communications, and Ted, Inc.
Sharon is an avid publicity writer and offers a variety of writing services, from press releases and media pitch letters to newsletters and feature articles.
Sharon has arranged publicity for her clients through local and national television and radio shows, newspaper and magazines, and bookstores, museums and other venues in major cities all over the United States, among them NPR, WAMU, WGBH, KOMO, the Today show, Oprah, Charlie Rose; USA Today, the Wall Street Journal,The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Seattle Times, The Boston Globe, People, Entertainment Weekly, Working Mother, Cosmopolitan, Entrepreneur, Child, Parenting, New Woman; and Barnes and Noble, Borders, Elliot Bay Books, Blackberry’s, The Tattered Cover, Oxford Books, Chicago’s Field Museum, Manhattan’s Cooper Union, and many others. Sharon also promotes books on the web via ezines, web casts, chatrooms, web links and other online outlets.
Sharon is a member of the Publishers Marketing Association and the National Writers Union.
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