Martha Schueneman, food writer

Martha Schueneman is a food writer, syndicated columnist, and cookbook editor. She is accredited as a Certified Culinary Professional through the International Association of Culinary Professionals, is the coexecutive director of the Editorial Freelancers Association, and has served as a judge for the James Beard Journalism Awards.

Martha has written about kale and potato salads for The Washington Post and about everything from avocados to zucchini for the Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. Web site. She also writes "The Quick Cook," a syndicated column available through The Food Syndicate. Her writing also appears in promotional literature for cookware manufacturers and restaurants, and in publications by weight-loss companies, and in nutrition newsletters.

At Viking Studio Books, Martha acquired and edited such books as The Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Cookbook by Robin Leach (for which she won Penguin USA’s President’s Award for Exceptional Achievement), as well as Home Made in the Kitchen and The Bountiful Kitchen by Barry Bluestein and Kevin Morrissey, the latter of which was nominated for an IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award.

While Senior Editor at Weight Watchers Publishing Group, she oversaw the editorial content and development for such books as Weight Watchers New Complete Cookbook, Simply the Best, Simply the Best Italian, and Stir-Fry to Szechuan, which was also nominated for an IACP/Julia Child Cookbook Award. In addition, Martha supervised the creation of the recipes and accompanying text in Dining with the Duchess and Dieting with the Duchess, collaborations with the Duchess of York that hit Publishers Weekly’s best-seller lists. Her most recent corporate position was Senior Editor at Reader’s Digest Illustrated Reference Books, where she managed the cookbook publishing program.