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Hi, I’m Sue the indexer, and I like making books better. I write back-of-the-book indexes and do proofreading between indexing jobs. With more than twenty years in publishing, I’ll make sure it’s right.

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See below for a full list of books I’ve indexed and a sample of books I have improved with my proofreading, plus my life experience. Also, check out my articles, which provide information on indexes and indexing, such as whether an author should index her own book or what an indexer needs from an author or editor.

Here are some samples of indexes I’ve written:
General Chemistry Review (indented index)
Outsider Baseball (indented index)
Pregnancy in Literature and Film (run-in index)

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Books I’ve Indexed

Anthropology
We Carry Their Bones: The Investigation of the Notorious Dozier School for Boys by E. Kimmerle. (2022). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Archaeology
Bottled in Illinois: Embossed Bottles and Bottled Products of Early Illinois Merchants from Chicago to Cairo (1840–1880) by K. B. Farnsworth & J. A. Walthall. (2011). Urbana, IL: Illinois State Archaeological Survey.

Jungle of Stone: The True Story of Two Men, Their Extraordinary Journey, and the Discovery of the Lost Civilization of the Maya by W. Carlsen. (2016). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Stone Diary: Solving the Mystery of the Western Message Petroglyphs by J. F. Hilbish. (2017). Reno, NV: Author.

You are a wonder! Seriously.
— an appreciative customer

The Arts
The Dance Anatomy Coloring Book: A Visual Guide to Form, Function, and Movement by T. Zweier and S. Stutzman. (2023). New York City, NY: Get Creative 6.

Freedom and the Arts: Essays on Music and Literature by C. Rosen. (2012). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

How to Rap 2: Advanced Flow and Delivery Techniques by P. Edwards. (2013). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

Party Music: The Inside Story of the Black Panthers’ Band and How Black Power Transformed Soul Music by R. Vincent. (2013). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

Pregnancy in Literature and Film by P. A. Boswell. (2014). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Subscription Theater: Democracy and Drama in Britain and Ireland, 1880–1939 by M. Franks. (2020). Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press.

Thank you for your consistency and professionalism.
— a grateful customer

Business/Financial
Beyond Heroes: A Lean Management System for Healthcare by K. Barnas. (2014). Appleton, WI: ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value.

Big Data, Big Analytics: Emerging Business Intelligence and Analytic Trends for Today’s Businesses by M. Minelli, M. Chambers, & A. Dhiraj. (2013). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

CFP Board Financial Planning Competency Handbook edited by C. R. Chaffin. (2015). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Converge: Transforming Business at the Intersection of Marketing and Technology by B. Lord & R. Velez. (2013). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Digitalization of Financial Services in the Age of Cloud: Considerations for Your Organization’s Cloud Strategy by J. Mina, A. Warda, R. Marins, & R. Miles. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life by S. Stephens-Davidowitz. (2022). New York, NY: Dey St. (William Morrow).

15 Tools to Turn the Tide: A Step-by-Step Playbook for Empowered Negotiating by S. Freeman. (2023). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Healthcare Business Intelligence: A Guide to Empowering Successful Data Reporting and Analytics by L. Madsen. (2012). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

The High Achiever’s Guide to Wealth by Palisades Hudson Financial Group. (2019). Stamford, CT: Author.

High Potentials’ Boot Camp: The Ultimate Playbook for Winning at Work by C. Berke. (2017). Fairfield, CT: Berke Associates.

Intellectual Property: Valuation, Exploitation, and Infringement Damages 2013 Cumulative Supplement by R. L. Parr. (2013). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

The Investment Advisor Body of Knowledge by J. E. Dobbs. (2015). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Investment Risk and Uncertainty: Advanced Risk Awareness Techniques for the Intelligent Investor by S. P. Greiner. (2013). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Leadership Isn’t for Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems by M. Staver. (2012). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert (6th ed.) edited by R. L. Weil, D. G. Lentz, & E. A. Evans. (2017). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Looking Ahead: Life, Family, Wealth and Business After 55 (2nd ed.) by Palisades Hudson Financial Group. (2019). Stamford, CT: Author.

Management on the Mend: The Healthcare Executive Guide to System Transformation by J. Toussaint with E. Adams. (2015). Appleton, WI: ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value.

Owning a Great Business: 7 Organizing Principles So That Yours Is One of Them by L. Young. (2016). Irvine, CA: Author.

Practical Fraud Prevention: Fraud and AML Analytics for Fintech and eCommerce, Using SQL and Python by G. Saporta and S. Maraney. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

The Politics of Promotion: How High-Achieving Women Get Ahead and Stay Ahead by B. Marcus. (2019). Self-published.

Power and Global Economic Institutions by A. Kaya. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Quantitative Investment Analysis (3rd ed.) by R. A. DeFusco, D. W. McLeavey, J. E. Pinto, & D. E. Runkle. (2016). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Radical Collaboration: Five Essential Skills to Overcome Defensiveness and Build Successful Relationships (2nd ed.) by J. W. Tamm & R. J. Luyet. (2019). New York, NY: HarperCollins. 

Real Estate Licensing Exams: Salesperson, Broker, Appraiser by J. P. Friedman & J. B. Lindeman. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan.

The Responsibility Process: Unlocking Your Natural Ability to Live and Lead with Power by C. Avery. (2016). Pflugerville, TX: Partnerwerks.

7 Lenses: Learning the Principles and Practices of Ethical Leadership by L. F. Thornton. (2013). Richmond, VA: Leading in Context.

Speak for Leadership: How to Engage, Persuade, and Inspire Any Audience by G. Genard. (2021). Cedar & Maitland Press.

Trillions: Surviving in the Current Information Ecology by P. Lucas, J. Ballay, & M. McManus. (2012). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Unwavering: Stories from 125 Years of Capital City Bank by J. S. Bettinger. (2020). Tallahassee, FL: Dogwood Hill Books.

Utility Arboriculture: Utility Specialist Certification Study Guide by R. H. Miller & G. Kempter. (2018). Champaign, IL: International Society of Arboriculture.

VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow’s Leaders by C. Glangchai. (2018). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Work Without Walls: An Executive’s Guide to Attention Management, Productivity, and the Future of Work by M. N. Thomas. (2017). Austin, TX: Burget Ave. Press.

Looking forward to more projects together in the future.
— a satisfied customer

Cartography/Geographic Information Systems
Connections and Content: Reflections on Networks and the History of Cartography by M. Monmonier. (2019). Redlands, CA: Esri Press.

Mapping with Altitude: Designing 3D Maps by N. C. Shephard. (2019). Redlands, CA: Esri Press.

As always, thank you for your great work!
— a happy customer

Computers and Technology
Advanced Analytics with PySpark: Patterns for Learning from Data at Scale Using Python and Spark by A. Tandon, S. Ryza, U. Laserson, S. Owen, & J. Wills. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Analytical Skills for AI and Data Science: Building Skills for an AI-Driven Enterprise by D. Vaughan. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Arduino Cookbook: Recipes to Begin, Expand, and Enhance Your Projects (3rd ed.) by M. Margolis, B. Jepson, & N. R. Weldin. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Behavioral Data Analysis with R and Python: Customer-Driven Data for Real Business Results by F. Buisson. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Blockchain Tethered AI: Trackable, Traceable Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by K. Kilroy, L. Riley, D. Bhatta. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Building Serverless Applications with Google Cloud Run: A Real-World Guide to Building Production-Ready Services by W. Venema. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

The Cloud Data Lake: A Guide to Building Robust Cloud Data Architecture by R. Gopalan. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Cloud Without Compromise: Hybrid Cloud for the Enterprise by P. Zikopoulos, C. Bienko, C. Backer, C. Konarski, & S. Vennam. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Deep Learning for Coders with fastai and PyTorch: AI Applications Without a PhD by J. Howard & S. Gugger. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

DevOps Tools for Java Developers: Best Practices from Source Code to Production Containers by S. Chin, M. McKay, I. Ruiz, & B. Sadogursky. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Digitalization of Financial Services in the Age of Cloud: Considerations for Your Organization’s Cloud Strategy by J. Mina, A. Warda, R. Marins, & R. Miles. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Distributed Tracing in Practice: Instrumenting, Analyzing, and Debugging Microservices by A. Parker, D. Spoonhower, J. Mace, B. Sigelman, & R. Isaacs. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Docker: Up & Running: Shipping Reliable Containers in Production (3rd ed.) by S. Kane & K. Matthias. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Efficient Linux at the Command Line: Boost Your Command-Line Skills by D. J. Barrett. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Hands-On Data Visualization by J. Dougherty & I. Ilyankou. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Hybrid Cloud Apps with OpenShift and Kubernetes: Delivering Highly Available Applications and Services by M. Elder, J. Kitchener, & B. Topol. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Kubeflow for Machine Learning: From Lab to Production by T. Grant, H. Karau, B. Lublinsky, R. Liu, & I. Filonenko. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Kubernetes Security and Observability: A Holistic Approach to Securing Containers and Cloud Native Applications by A. Pollit, B. Creane, & A. Gupta. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Lean UX: Designing Great Products with Agile Teams (3rd ed.) by J. Gothelf & J. Seiden. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning Dapr: Building Distributed Cloud Native Applications by H. Bai & Y. Schneider. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning Domain-Driven Design: Aligning Software Architecture and Business Strategy by V. Khononov. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning Google Analytics by M. Edmondson. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning Helm: Managing Apps on Kubernetes by M. Butcher, M. Farina, & J. Dolitsky. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning JavaScript Design Patterns: A JavaScript and React Developer’s Guide (2nd ed.) by A. Osmani. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning MySQL: Get a Handle on Your Data by V. M. Grippa & S. Kuzmichev. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Learning the vi and Vim Editors (8th ed.) by A. Robbins & E. Hannah. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Mastering Python for Bioinformatics: How to Write Flexible, Documented, Tested Python Code for Research Computing by K. Youens-Clark. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

MySQL Cookbook: Solutions for Database Developers and Administrators (4th ed.) by S. Smirnova & A. Tezuysal. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

NGINX Cookbook: Advanced Recipes for High-Performance Load Balancing by D. DeJonghe. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Python for Data Analysis: Data Wrangling with pandas, NumPy, and Jupyter by W. McKinney. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Quantum Computing for Programmers by R. Hundt. (2021). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Raspberry Pi Cookbook: Software and Hardware Problems and Solutions (4th ed.) by S. Monk. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Security Chaos Engineering: Sustaining Resilience in Software and Systems by K. Shortridge & A. Rinehart. (2023). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Software Architecture: The Hard Parts: Modern Trade-Off Analysis for Distributed Architectures by N. Ford, M. Richards, P. Sadalage, & Z. Dehghani. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Software Architecture Metrics: Case Studies to Improve the Quality of Your Architecture by C. Ciceri, D. Farley, N. Ford, A. Harmel-Law, M. Keeling, C. Lilienthal, J. Rosa, A. von Zitzewitz, R. Weiss, & E. Woods. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

The Staff Engineer’s Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change by T. Reilly. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Think Bayes: Bayesian Statistics in Python by A. B. Downey. (2021). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Threat Modeling: A Practical Guide for Development Teams by I. Tarandach & M. J. Coles. (2020). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Version Control with Git: Powerful Tools and Techniques for Collaborative Software Development (3rd ed.) by P. Ponuthorai & J. Loeliger. (2022). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media.

Thank you so much! The index is remarkable.
— a happy customer

Consciousness and Thought
The Conceptual Representation of Consciousness by T. Natsoulas. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Expanding Science: Visions of a Postmaterialist Paradigm by M. Beauregard, G. E. Schwartz, N. L. Dyer, & M. Woollacott (Eds.). (2020). Battle Ground, WA: AAPS Press.

Is Consciousness Primary? by G. E. Schwartz, M. Woollacott, & S. A. Schwartz (Eds.). (2019). Battle Ground, WA: AAPS Press.

It’s been a pleasure to work with you. Thanks for doing such a nice job with the index.
— a happy customer

Education
ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery by Kaplan staff. (2016). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Baron’s ACT® Premium with 6 Practice Tests (5th ed.) by B. W. Stewart. (2021). New York, NY: Kaplan, Inc., d/b/a Barron’s Educational Series.

Chicago Charter Schools: The Hype and the Reality by W. Sampson. (2016). Scottsdale, AZ: Information Age Publishing.

Flattening Classrooms, Engaging Minds: Move to Global Collaboration One Step at a Time by V. A. Davis & J. Lindsay. (2013). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture by B. Dear. (2017). New York, NY: Pantheon Books.

GED by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Growing Up Gifted: Developing the Potential of Children at School and at Home (8th ed.) by B. Clark. (2013). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

HiSET® Strategies, Practice, and Review by Kaplan staff. (2016). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Multicultural Education in a Pluralistic Society (9th ed.) by D. M. Gollnick & P. C. Chinn. (2013). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Practical Classroom Management by V. Jones. (2011). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Teaching Children to Read: The Teacher Makes the Difference (6th ed.) by D. R. Reutzel & R. B. Cooter Jr. (2012). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

VentureGirls: Raising Girls to Be Tomorrow’s Leaders by C. Glangchai. (2018). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

This [index] is absolutely beautiful. A work of art.
— a happy customer

Family
Dear Daughter . . . Love, Dad: Seven Keys to Happiness I Learned from You by J. Griffith. (2017). McKinney, TX: Author.

Don’t Trust Your Gut: Using Data to Get What You Really Want in Life by S. Stephens-Davidowitz. (2022). New York, NY: Dey St. (William Morrow).

I think you did an excellent job.
— a satisfied customer

Law and Policy
Accessories in Private Law by J. Dietrich & P. Ridge. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

The Alchemists: Questioning Our Faith in Courts as Democracy-Builders by T. G. Daly. (2017). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

American National Standard for Arboriculture Operations: Safety Requirements by the International Society of Arboriculture. (2017). Champaign, IL: Author.

Communication Law: Practical Applications in the Digital Age by D. Caristi & W. R. Davie. (2011). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Landesman’s Public Health Management of Disasters (4th ed.) by L. Y. Landesman. (2017). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Litigation Services Handbook: The Role of the Financial Expert (6th ed.) edited by R. L. Weil, D. G. Lentz, & E. A. Evans. (2017). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Occupational Safety and Health Policy by M. L. Myers. (2015). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Public Health Preparedness: Case Studies in Policy and Management edited by A. M. Howitt, H. B. Leonard, & D. W. Giles. (2018). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Regulating Speech in Cyberspace: Gatekeepers, Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility by E. B. Laidlaw. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy by L. Lessig (2019). New York, NY: Dey Street Books.

Urban Planning and Public Health: A Critical Partnership by M. R. Greenberg & D. Schneider (2018). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Whether to Wed: A Legal and Tax Guide for Gay and Lesbian Couples by S. E. Squillace. (2014). Boston, MA: Squillace & Associates.

Fantastic job on the index—I had to smile when I saw that the egg sandwich even made it in!
— a happy customer

Literature
Children’s Literature, Briefly (5th ed.) by M. O. Tunnell, J. S. Jacobs, T. A. Young, & G. Bryan. (2012). Boston, MA: Pearson.

A Critical Handbook of Children’s Literature (9th ed.) by R. J. Lukens, J. J. Smith, & C. M. Coffel. (2013). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Literature and the Young Adult Reader by E. Bond. (2011). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.

Novel Shocks: Urban Renewal and the Origins of Neoliberalism by M. Tucker-Abramson. (2019). New York, NY: Fordham University Press.

Representations of Internarrative Identity by L. Way. (2015). New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.

I really enjoyed working with you and appreciate how great your work is.
— a satisfied customer

Memoir
Compelled: From Yazoo Pumps to Polar Bears and Back: The Evolution of Natural Resource Conservation and Law by H. D. Hall. (2022). Memphis, TN: Ducks Unlimited.

Every Mother’s Son: 77 Days at Khe Sanh by K. M. Loftin. (2019). Kerosene Highway Publishing.

The Grotto Book One: Phu Bai, Vietnam 1969–1970 by H. G. Walker. (2018). Dragonfly Publishing.

The Grotto Book Two by H. G. Walker. (2021). Dragonfly Publishing.

Remarkable Journey: The Year the Burly Broads Did the Cancer Dance by C. Smallwood. (2011). Monticello, IL: LunaC River Press.

Unspoken Words: A Descendant of Stillwater Pioneers Discovers Her Ancestors by T. L. McGoldrick. (2019). Apollo Beach, FL: Medley Books.

World’s Greatest Crasher by F. Karger with S. Eichner. (2023). Self-published.

The editor told me he was very impressed with the index, by the way.
— a happy customer

Science/Health
Adult CCRN® Prep Plus (6th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Anti-Aging Breakthroughs: Your Guide to Living Longer and Younger by Bottom Line Books. (2019). Stamford, CT: Author.

Bottom Line’s Guide to Erasing Diabetes by Bottom Line Books. (2018). Stamford, CT: Author.

Bottom Line’s Health Breakthroughs 2021 by Bottom Line Books. (2020). Stamford, CT: Author.

Bottom Line Year Book 2022 by Bottom Line Books. (2022). Norwalk, CT: Belvoir Media Group.

Certified in Public Health Exam Review Guide edited by K. D. Liller & J. A. Corvin. (2018). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Control of Communicable Diseases: Laboratory Practice edited by B. W. Wilcke Jr. & D. Heymann. (2019). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Environmental Public Health: The Practitioner’s Guide edited by P. L. Knechtges, G. D. Kearney, & B. A. Resnick. (2018). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

FPGEE®: Strategies, Practice, & Review by J. A. Kriak. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

The Green Pharmacy Guide to Healing Foods by J. A. Duke. (2019). Stamford, CT: Bottom Line Books.

Green Vegetable Oil Processing (rev. 1st ed.) edited by W. E. Farr & A. Proctor. (2014). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

The Helper’s Journey: Empathy, Compassion, and the Challenge of Caring (2nd ed.) by D. G. Larson. (2020). Champaign, IL: Research Press.

Lipid Oxidation: Challenges in Food Systems edited by A. Logan, U. Nienaber, & X. Pan. (2013). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

Master the Boards: USMLE® Step 3 by C. Fischer. (2018). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Master the Boards: USMLE® Step 3 by C. Fischer & S. Reichert. (2016). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

MCAT® Behavioral Sciences Review by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

MCAT® Biology Review by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

MCAT® General Chemistry Review by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

MCAT® Organic Chemistry Review (2017–2018 ed.) edited by A. S. Macnow. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Moving Life Course Theory into Action: Making Change Happen edited by S. Verbiest. (2018). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

National Registry Paramedic Examination: Strategies, Practice, & Review by J. E. Konzelmann. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX® Drug Guide (8th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

NCLEX-PN® Prep Plus 2019 by Kaplan staff. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX-PN®: Content Review Guide (5th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX-PN®: Content Review Guide (4th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2016). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX-RN®: Content Review Guide (5th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2017). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX-RN®: Content Review Guide (4th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2016). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

NCLEX-RN® Drug Guide: 300 Medications You Need to Know for the Exam (7th ed.) by Kaplan staff. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

[The editors] are both impressed with the scope and level of detail of the index.
— a satisfied customer

NCLEX-RN® Prep 2019 by Kaplan staff. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Olive Oil: A Field Guide by A. K. Devarenne. (2015). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

Oral Health in America: Removing the Stain of Disparity edited by H. M. Treadwell & C. A. Evans. (2019). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Our Communities, Our Sexual Health: Awareness and Prevention for African Americans by M. Y. Sutton, J. A. Valentine, & W. C. Jenkins. (2015). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Physical Activity & Public Health: A Practitioner’s Guide edited by  G. W. Heath. (2020). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

Polar Lipids: Biology, Chemistry, Technology by M. U. Ahmad & X. Xu. (2015). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

Processing Contaminants in Edible Oils: MCPD and Glycidyl Esters edited by S. MacMahon. (2014). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

Racism: Science & Tools for the Public Health Professional edited by C. L. Ford, D. M. Griffith, M. A. Bruce, & K. L. Gilbert. (2019). Washington, DC: APHA Press.

The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs: A New History of a Lost World by S. Brusatte. (2018). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Sunflower: Chemistry, Production, Processing, and Utilization edited by E. Martínez-Force, N. T. Dunford, & J. J. Salas. (2015). Urbana, IL: AOCS Press.

Ten Fingers, Ten Toes: What Every Mother Must Know to Protect Her Unborn Baby edited by R. G. Zack. (2015). West Bloomfield, MI: Safe Pregnancy Foundation.

Thrive Don’t Only Survive: Dr. Geo’s Guide to Living Your Best Life Before & After Prostate Cancer by G. Espinosa. (2016). Bronx, NY: Riverdale Publisher.

As always, thank you for your great work!
— a happy customer

USMLE® Step 1: Anatomy by Kaplan staff. (2015). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 1: Immunology and Microbiology by Kaplan staff. (2015). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 1 Lecture Notes: Anatomy edited by J. White & D. Seiden. (2019). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 1 Lecture Notes: Immunology and Microbiology edited by T. L. Alley, C. C. Keller, & K. Moscatello. (2018). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 1 Lecture Notes 2018: Biochemistry and Medical Genetics edited by S. Turco with R. Lane & R. M. Harden. (2018). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

USMLE® Step 2: Surgery by Kaplan staff. (2015). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 2 CK Lecture Notes: Pediatrics edited by W. G. Cvetnic & E. Pino. (2018). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 2 CK Lecture Notes: Pediatrics edited by W. G. Cvetnic & E. Pino. (2020). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

USMLE® Step 2 CK Lecture Notes: Surgery edited by C. Pestana, A. Farooqui, & M. N. Hill with T. A. James. (2018). New York, NY: Kaplan Medical.

Wilhelm’s Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project by T. W. Waldoff. (2021). Rochester, MN: Third Generation Publishing.

You Can’t Screw This Up: Why Eating Takeout, Enjoying Dessert, and Taking the Stress out of Dieting Leads to Weight Loss That Lasts by A. Bornstein. (2023). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Love for you from the client!
— a happy customer

United States
America 1844: Religious Fervor, Westward Expansion, and the Presidential Election That Transformed the Nation by J. Bicknell. (2014). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

The American Fisherman: How Our Nation’s Anglers Founded, Fed, Financed, and Forever Shaped the U.S.A. by W. Robertson & W. Doyle. (2016). New York, NY: William Morrow.

The Close Encounters Man: How One Man Made the World Believe in UFOs by M. O’Connell. (2017). New York, NY: HarperCollins.

Compelled: From Yazoo Pumps to Polar Bears and Back: The Evolution of Natural Resource Conservation and Law by H. D. Hall. (2022). Memphis, TN: Ducks Unlimited.

The Dangerous Divide: Peril and Promise on the US-Mexico Border by P. Eichstaedt. (2014). Chicago, IL: Lawrence Hill Books.

Deadly Force: How a Badge Became a License to Kill by L. O’Donnell Jr. (2018). New York, NY: William Morrow. [page number update only, pretty much]

Eating Appalachia: Rediscovering Regional American Flavors by D. Nordahl. (2015). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

The Friendly Orange Glow: The Untold Story of the PLATO System and the Dawn of Cyberculture by B. Dear. (2017). New York, NY: Pantheon Books.

The Grotto Book One: Phu Bai, Vietnam 1969–1970 by H. G. Walker. (2018). Edmond, OK: Dragonfly Publishing.

The Grotto Book Two by H. G. Walker. (2021). Dragonfly Publishing.

Heroes in the Skies: American Aviators in World War II by I. Darling. (2016). New York, NY: Sterling.

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by M. L. Shetterly. (2016). New York, NY: William Morrow.

A History of the United States in Five Crashes: Stock Market Meltdowns That Defined a Nation by S. Nations. (2017). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Homegrown: How the Red Sox Built a Champion from the Ground Up by A. Speier. (2020). New York, NY: William Morrow.

How to Read the Constitution and Why by K. Wehle. (2019). New York, NY: HarperCollins. 

The 103rd Ballot: Democrats and the Disaster in Madison Square Garden (rev. ed.) by R. K. Murray. (2016). New York, NY: Harper & Row.

Klandestine: How a Klan Lawyer and a Checkbook Journalist Helped James Earl Ray Cover Up His Crime by P. McMichael. (2015). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

Of, For, and By the People: Rebuilding American Democracy Through Civic Power by K. S. Rahman & H. Russon Gilman. (2019). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Outsider Baseball: The Weird World of Hardball on the Fringe, 1876–1950 by S. Simkus. (2014). Chicago, IL: Chicago Review Press.

Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America’s Progressive Elite by P. Schweizer. (2020). New York: NY: HarperCollins.

Race and Reckoning: From Founding Fathers to Today’s Disruptors by E. Cose. (2022). New York, NY: Amistad.

Scarface and the Untouchable: Al Capone, Eliot Ness, and the Battle for Chicago by M. A. Collins & A. B. Schwartz. (2018). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Taking Science and Technology Higher: The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and the Space Age by I. Amato. (2017). Washington, DC: Naval Research Laboratory.

They Don’t Represent Us: Reclaiming Our Democracy by L. Lessig (2019). New York, NY: Dey Street Books.

We Carry Their Bones: The Investigation of the Notorious Dozier School for Boys by E. Kimmerle. (2022). New York, NY: William Morrow.

Whom Shall We Welcome: Italian Americans and Immigration Reform, 1945–1965 by D. Battisti. (2019). New York, NY: Fordham University Press.

Wilhelm’s Way: The Inspiring Story of the Iowa Chemist Who Saved the Manhattan Project by T. W. Waldoff. (2021). Rochester, MN: Third Generation Publishing.

Women and Ideas in Engineering: Twelve Stories from Illinois by L. D. Hahn & A. S. Wolters. (2018). Urbana: University of Illinois Press.

World’s Greatest Crasher by F. Karger with S. Eichner. (2023). Self-published.


Thank you. Your index is an impressive work!! [The editor] in particular will be thrilled because he told us that as a librarian’s son, his personal belief is that no good book is without one.
— a happy customer

Word Embedded Indexing
Accessories in Private Law by J. Dietrich & P. Ridge. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

The Alchemists: Questioning Our Faith in Courts as Democracy-Builders by T. G. Daly. (2017). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

ASVAB: Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery by Kaplan staff. (2014). New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

The Conceptual Representation of Consciousness by T. Natsoulas. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Every Mother’s Son: 77 Days at Khe Sanh by K. M. Loftin. (2019). Kerosene Highway Publishing.

Expanding Science: Visions of a Postmaterialist Paradigm by M. Beauregard, G. E. Schwartz, N. L. Dyer, & M. Woollacott (Eds.). (2020). Battle Ground, WA: AAPS Press.

The Grotto Book One: Phu Bai, Vietnam 1969–1970 by H. G. Walker. (2018). Edmond, OK: Dragonfly Publishing.

The Grotto Book Two by H. G. Walker. (2021). Dragonfly Publishing.

Is Consciousness Primary? by G. E. Schwartz, M. Woollacott, & S. A. Schwartz (Eds.). (2019). Battle Ground, WA: AAPS Press.

Of, For, and By the People: Rebuilding American Democracy Through Civic Power by K. S. Rahman & H. Russon Gilman. (2019). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Regulating Speech in Cyberspace: Gatekeepers, Human Rights and Corporate Responsibility by E. B. Laidlaw. (2015). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

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A Sample of Books I’ve Improved with My Proofreading

(Sorry that it’s only a sample; I haven’t had time to fully update.)

The Arts
Young, N., & Baker, P. (2019). To feel the music: A songwriter’s mission to save high-quality audio. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

Business/Financial
Allen, S. (2013). Financial risk management: A practitioner’s guide to managing market and credit risk. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Bulkowski, T. N. (2013). Swing and day trading: Evolution of a trader. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Durenard, E. A. (2013). Professional automated trading: Theory and practice. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Feldkamp, F. L., & Whalen, R. C. (2014). Financial stability: Fraud, confidence, and the wealth of nations. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Greenburger, F. J., with Paley, R. (2016). Risk game: Self portrait of an entrepreneur. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

Heins, J., & Tilson, W. (2013). The art of value investing: How the world’s best investors beat the market. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Hopkins, B. R. (2013). The Bruce R. Hopkins nonprofit law library. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Kaufman, P. J. (2013). Trading systems and methods (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Kielburger, C., Branson, H., & Kielburger, M. (2018). WEconomy: You can find meaning, make a living, and change the world. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Lankow, J., Ritchie, J., & Crooks, R. (2012). Infographics: The power of visual storytelling. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Levy, J. A. (2013). Visual guide to options. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Little, L. A. (2012). Trend trading set-ups: Entering and exiting trends for maximum profit. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Lim, M. A. (2015). A handbook of technical analysis: The practitioner’s comprehensive guide to technical analysis. Singapore: Wiley.

Scott, D. M. (2016). The new rules of sales and service: How to use agile selling, real-time customer engagement, big data, content, and storytelling to grow your business (rev. ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Zyla, M. L. (2012). Fair value measurement (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Engineering
Waldron, K. J., Kinzel, G. L., & Agrawal, S. K. (2016). Kinematics, dynamics, and design of machinery (3rd ed.). Chichester, West Sussex, UK: Wiley.

What a lot of work. You did an excellent job!
— a happy customer

Law Education
Kaplan staff. (2017). LSAT® unlocked. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Memoir
Cefalu, V. A. (2019). RatSnakes: Cheating death by living a lie: Inside the explosive world of ATF’s undercover agents and how we changed the game. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

Kayihura, E., & Zukus, K. (2014). Inside the Hotel Rwanda: The surprising true story . . . and why it matters today. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

Kennedy, R. F., Jr. (2016). Framed: Why Michael Skakel spent over a decade in prison for a murder he didn’t commit. New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing.

Psychology
Brabender, V. M., & Fallon, A. E. (Eds.). (2013). Working with adoptive parents: Research, theory, and therapeutic interventions. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Flanagan, D. P., Ortiz, S. O., & Alfonso, V. C. (2013). Essentials of cross-battery assessment (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Weisberg, R. W., & Reeves, L. M. (2013). Cognition: From memory to creativity. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Thank you. Thank you.
— a grateful customer

Science/Medical
Abend, N. S., & Helfaer, M. A. (Eds.). (2013). Pediatric neurocritical care. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Ahmed, S. W., Andrist, L. C., Davis, S. M., & Fuller, V. (Eds.). (2013). DNP education, practice, and policy: Redesigning advanced practice roles for the 21st century. New York, NY: Springer.

Dicker, A. P., Kelly, W. K., Trabulsi, E. J., & Zaorsky, N. G. (2015). Prostate cancer: A multidisciplinary approach to diagnosis and management. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Feigelman, W., Jordan, J. R., McIntosh, J. L., & Feigelman, B. (2012). Devastating losses: How parents cope with the death of a child to suicide or drugs. New York, NY: Springer.

Hanna, E. B. (2012). Practical cardiovascular hemodynamics. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Husain, A. M. (2018). Illustrated manual of clinical evoked potentials. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Kaplan staff. (2014). MCAT behavioral sciences review. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Kaplan staff. (2014). MCAT biochemistry review. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Kaplan staff. (2014). PCAT 2014–2015: Strategies, practice, and review. New York, NY: Kaplan Publishing.

Wong, N. D., Amsterdam, E., & Blumenthal, R. (Eds.). (2015). ASPC manual of preventive cardiology. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Wyss, J., & Patel, A. (Eds.). (2013). Therapeutic programs for musculoskeletal disorders. New York, NY: Demos Medical.

Self-Improvement
O’Connor, R. B. (2016). Gumptionade®: The booster for your self-improvement plan. Memphis, TN: OKPI.

United States
Fulton, B., and Devon, J. (2017). The blood of patriots: How I took down an anti-government militia with beer, bounty hunting, and badassery. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

Niedermeyer, E. (2019). Ludicrous: The unvarnished story of Tesla Motors. Dallas, TX: BenBella Books.

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My Life Experience

Publishing

  • Freelance indexer/proofer, Sue Klefstad Indexing and Proofreading Services, 2011–present;
    — American Society for Indexing (ASI) member since 2007
    — Heartland Chapter ASI past president
  • Packager, Electronic Publishing Services, 2011; also provided indexing services
  • Compositor, Omegatype Typography, 2000–2011; also served as programmer and scripter, editorial assistant, and indexer
  • Compositor, Publication Services, 1999–2000; also served as Authorware programmer

Sciences

  • Bachelor of Science in biology, University of Illinois, 1977,
    with extensive chemistry, biochemistry, and animal science
  • College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois, 1978–1979,
    first year only: anatomy, physiology, histology, bacteriology, and clinics
    plus years of on-the-job experience in small and large animal practices

Technology

  • Computer support
  • Digital imaging
  • Network administration
  • Programming
  • Sound synthesis

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My Articles on Indexes and Indexing

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