Jane Friedman is widely known in the creative writing community for her website and blog JaneFriedman.com and as cofounder and editor of The Hot Sheet. She has spent more than twenty-five years working in the publishing industry, with a focus on author education and trend reporting. She has appeared in countless media outlets, including the New York Times, the Today Show, CNN, Wired, BBC, the Guardian, CBC, and the Washington Post, among others.