Publishing Solutions Group

David Rigby

Editor, Social Studies & Language Arts
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Editor David Rigby has worked on a variety of projects for Publishing Solutions Group since 2007. He came to PSG after many years as a development editor and writer. David’s vast experience includes working on a variety of Social Studies, Reading, and Science projects, among others. In Social Studies he has edited and fact-checked elementary and secondary texts, written a one half of a high school ancillary workbook, and reviewed manuscripts in a middle school series on American Presidents. In Reading he has written leveled readers and has worked on literature texts for Holt, Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, and McDougal Littell. In Science, he has edited and fact-checked middle school science for McDougal Littell.

He has also copyedited, proofread, and fact-checked high school health; edited, checked for accuracy, and wrote part of the glossary for an updated version of a college level survey text in American History; and written answer keys for two ESL workbooks. He has worked with several development houses and publishers throughout his career, including Silver Burdett & Ginn; Publicom; Heinle and Heinle; Prentice Hall; Houghton Mifflin; and Glencoe/McGraw-Hill.

David has a B.A. in History from Boston College, a Master’s in History from Tufts, and a Ph.D. in World War II History from Brandeis University (his dissertation topic: the Combined Chiefs of Staff and Anglo-American Strategic Coordination in World War II). He also worked for a period as a History Teacher/Teaching Assistant for Brandeis University. It is not unusual to find him reading a historical text —The Second World War series by Winston Churchill is his favorite—before or after his noontime run.

A quiet, diligent, hard-working man of many talents, David also is a fly-fishing expert and claims to make a mean pot roast. Mostly, though, he loves a challenging project, writing, editing—and did we mention history?

Favorite Quote:
“England expects every man to do his duty”—Lord Nelson’s signal to the fleet just before the battle of Trafalga

For David’s complete resume and project history, see your sales representative.