The thirteenth essay in this series profiles copy editor and author Maeve O
'Connor. O'Connor began her career as an editor of symposia in the life sci
ences with the Ciba Foundation (now the Novartis Foundation), where she lea
rned the necessary, tools to become a science editor, an author of a number
of books on editing scientific books and journals, and an organizer of sev
eral professional editorial associations.