Elizabeth Dougherty

Elizabeth Dougherty coauthored The Compete Expert-to-Author Guide: Plan, Write, and Publish Your Nonfiction Book (The Collective Book Studio, June 2026). Elizabeth and coauthor Marisa Solis cofounded Book Structure Pros, a boutique editorial firm that helps experts plan, write, and publish advice-based nonfiction. Elizabeth has worked in publishing since 1988 as a developmental editor, book coach, and writer. She was an executive editor at Weldon Owen, where she ran book programs for brands such as Gymboree, Pottery Barn Kids, and Hallmark. Her topical super-specialties include parenting, health and wellness, and women’s leadership. Elizabeth works with individual authors as well as publishers such as Klutz, New Harbinger Publications, and Sunset Books. She holds a master’s from Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Elizabeth, a devoted yogi and intrepid traveler, and her husband have a son and live in Palo Alto, California.