HELLO, I’M JEFFREY YAMAGUCHI, a writer, author, and book marketing expert exploring innovative ways to develop and creatively market publishing projects. I'm currently building a new consulting business working directly with authors and publishers.
I've led marketing and publicity teams and launched countless bestselling books from some of the biggest authors in the world at publishers large and small, including Knopf Doubleday (Penguin Random House), HarperCollins, Abrams Books, The New Press, and Blackstone Publishing.
I've taught publishing and marketing courses at NYU and Mediabistro, and have presented and led workshops at conferences such as the Flathead River Writers Conference, the Denver Publishing Institute, University of King's College MFA Residency, the Savannah College of Art and Design Bootcamp, and the Yale Publishing Course. I've also served on the Digital Committee at Poets & Writers.
I’m the author of several books, including 52 Projects: Random Acts of Everyday Creativity and Working for the Man, both published by Perigee/Penguin Random House, and my poetry, stories, collages, and photography have recently been published by Black Bough Poetry, The Storms, The Hyacinth Review, and Okay Donkey, among many other literary journals, My short films include Unsettled, which premiered at Atticus Review, and Body of Water, and I co-produced the #TalkTraffic video series for the New York Anti-Trafficking Network.
Currently I serve on the planning and fundraising committees of the Rohwer / Jerome Pilgrimage, and I am working on a project about the photographs my Grandfather took while he was incarcerated at Rohwer during WWII.
Photo by Cassie Timpy.