Per Henningsgaard

Summary

Per Henningsgaard is an IPEd accredited editor with in-house experience in both trade and educational publishing, as well as experience as a freelance editor. He has edited books of adult fiction (including novels and collections of short stories) and adult nonfiction (including memoir, history and travel). He has also edited children's fiction, including picture books, middle grade and young adult. His editorial expertise spans structural editing, copyediting and proofreading, and is complemented by his in-depth, practical knowledge of the Australian and international publishing industry. Per is a senior lecturer and the major coordinator for the professional writing and publishing major at Curtin University.

Biography

After a childhood spent bouncing between farms and small towns in the American Midwest, Per Henningsgaard received his BA from Vassar College in upstate New York. From there, he migrated downstream to New York City, where he worked as an editorial assistant for a multinational publishing house. Then, in 2005, he was awarded a Fulbright Grant on the basis of a proposal to study book publishing and regional literature in Western Australia. Per went on to be awarded his PhD in 2009 from The University of Western Australia. He returned to the United States later that same year to hold permanent teaching positions in the English Department at University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point and later the master’s degree in Book Publishing at Portland State University. In both places, he also worked as the director of small, independent publishing houses. Finally, in 2017, he pulled up stakes for Perth and a job as lecturer in professional writing and publishing at Curtin University. He recently founded Elephant Page Publishing, which is a publishing house that is powered by students and guided by a team of publishing professionals with a mission to uplift new voices and talents on both sides of the publishing process.

Relevant qualifications

PhD, The University of Western Australia
Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) Accredited Editor

Recent experience

Board of Management, Writing WA
Chair, Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) Student Prize
'How to Choose a Publisher', presentation at Victoria Park Library
Ask an Editor Q&A, Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre
Guest Editor, Westerly: Graphic Narratives special issue