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Elizabeth Mitchell is an executive editor at HarperOne books. She served as executive editor of George. Prior to that, she worked as features editor at SPIN. She has consulted on screenplays and treatments, coached book proposal writing, and written and edited white papers.

Here are a few of her book editing projects:

EDITOR

Truly

By Lionel Richie

HarperOne

September 30, 2025

book cover for Lionel Richie

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • USA TODAY BESTSELLER  • LOS ANGELES TIMESBESTSELLER

“Richie is refreshingly open in the book, which functions as both a fun memoir and a love letter to music and his beloved Tuskegee… There’s an abundance of love and gratitude in this wildly entertaining, utterly charming memoir.” – Kirkus, STARRED review

'Satisfying... vulnerable and powerful.' — New York Times

The long-awaited memoir of the legendary Lionel Richie.


EDITOR

The Art Spy: The Extraordinary Untold Tale of WWII Resistance Hero Rose Valland

By Michelle Young

HarperOne

April 16, 2013

* Publishers Weekly Best Books of Summer 2025 * Bookbub Best Non-Fiction Release of the Season * MSNBC/Afar Magazine 10 Best Books for the Summer Traveler * Newsday’s Top Must-Read Book for Summer * Christian Science Monitor Best Book of May 2025 * Longlisted for the 2025 American Library in Paris Book Award

A riveting and stylish work of historical nonfiction set in Paris during World War II, The Art Spy uncovers how an unlikely heroine infiltrated the Nazi leadership to save the world's most treasured masterpieces.


EDITOR

The Upcycle: Beyond Sustainability–Designing for Abundance

By William McDonough & Michael Braungart
Forward by President Bill Clinton

Northpoint Press

April 16, 2013

The Upcycle is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Cradle to Cradle, one of the most consequential ecological manifestoes of our time. Now, drawing on the lessons gained from 10 years of putting the Cradle to Cradle concept into practice with businesses, governments, and ordinary people, William McDonough and Michael Braungart envision the next step in the solution to our ecological crisis: We don’t just use or reuse resources with greater effectiveness, we actually improve the world as we live, create, and build.


EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The Right Words at the Right Time

By Marlo Thomas

ATRIA BOOKS

May 7, 2002

A collection of personal revelations in essays from over 100 of today’s greatest luminaries whose lives were changed by hearing the right words at the right time. Includes Mohammad Ali, Steven Spielberg, Toni Morrison, Jack Nicholson, Tom Wolfe, Hillary Clinton, the Dalai Lama, President Jimmy Carter, Ted Turner, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Paul McCartney and more. A New York Times #1 bestseller.


EDITOR

Domestic Affairs

By Bridget Siegel

Weinstein Books

July 31, 2012

When twenty-something political fundraiser Olivia Greenley is recruited by her close friend Jacob Harriston to join the Presidential campaign of Georgia Governor Landon Taylor, she is intoxicated by optimism and opportunity. Taylor’s commitment to social equality and economic responsibility in the post-housing-bubble era is palpable. Sacrificing her sleep, comfort and income are certain to help make the world a better place. Right?

Domestic Affairs: A Campaign Novel vividly captures the fervor and idealism of campaign life—as well as the disillusionment staffers feel when told to make the inevitable compromises.

Author Bio

Elizabeth Mitchell is a journalist and the author of four nonfiction books: Lincoln's Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street and the White House, Liberty’s Torch: The Great Adventure to Build the Statue of Liberty, Three Strides Before the Wire: The Dark and Beautiful World of Horse Racing, and W.: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty.

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Lincoln's Lie

About Lincoln's Lie

"Elizabeth Mitchell’s excellent Lincoln’s Lie is a wild ride into one of the strangest episodes of the Civil War era. Mitchell is a gifted storyteller, and this book about greedy profiteers is loaded with narrative horsepower. I was stunned by the revelations. Highly recommended!.” —Douglas Brinkley, author of American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

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