Derek Royal

Derek Royal is a copywriter and editor, having written for Simon and Schuster, Random House, and other publishers, businesses, and non-profit organization. He worked as Editorial Director at the Brown Books Publishing Group, overseeing all editorial matters concerning the press, in addition to writing copy for its publications and marketing collateral.

Derek also has a background in higher education, teaching writing for online communication, technical writing, composition, and social media studies. As such, he has valuable experience in media/marketing writing from both a practical, hands-on perspective as well as a more critical or theoretical one. He is also a professional podcaster, producing and writing copy for the The Comics Alternative podcast and blog.