Here are some of the nice things my clients have said about my contributions to their books:

“I have now worked with Marina on two books, and I give her my highest recommendation. In my first book, The Mystery of the Kibbutz, Marina was instrumental at the development stage. She encouraged me to tell my family story, which turned out to be the part of the book readers liked and remembered the most. The second book, Streets of Gold, was at a more advanced stage when Marina read every single word with the precision of a fine jeweler. Her amazing editing raised the manuscript to a new level. Marina is thorough, clear, thoughtful, and deep. She has a unique talent to detect everything that is weak and confusing in a book and to make simple, practical, and insightful suggestions that magically make the book so much better. I can’t thank Marina enough, and I recommend her in the highest possible terms.”

Ran Abramitzky, Professor of Economics at Stanford, author of THE MYSTERY OF THE KIBBUTZ and co-author with Leah Boustan of STREETS OF GOLD: Discovering the Truths and Busting the Myths of American Immigration, forthcoming 2022

“Working with Marina on the draft for STREETS OF GOLD elevated the manuscript considerably. Marina read each sentence carefully, down to the level of each word choice, while also pointing out big-picture considerations. With Marina’s thoughtful and thorough editing, I feel more confident that our ideas will come across to our readers and that our book will have a greater impact on the public.”

Leah Boustan, Professor of Economics at Princeton, co-author with Ran Abramitzky of STREETS OF GOLD: Discovering the Truths and Busting the Myths of American Immigration, forthcoming 2022

“Having well-thought-out ideas is one thing, but converting those ideas into a convincing, easy-to-read book is another. For that I would need to work with a writer who could take my words, stories, and explanations and shape them into a flowing, easy-to-read text while retaining my voice, style, and passion. That writer was Marina Krakovsky. I was really lucky to have a writer who was familiar with the relevant ideas from economics and who had the ability to support these ideas with relevant academic research. She also knew my agent as well as Kay-Yut Chen, a brilliant economist whom I went on to hire for work on this book. I want to thank Marina not only for all this, but also for pushing me through the long, unfamiliar, and sometimes painful process of turning a complex series of ideas into a book anyone can understand.”

From author Bill Perkins’s Acknowledgements of the Wall Street Journal bestseller DIE WITH ZERO: Getting All You Can from Your Money and Your Life

“Marina Krakovsky, our research partner, always goes about two steps farther than we expect. She is as insightful and thoughtful as she is diligent and thorough.”

From the Acknowledgements of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller HOW GOOGLE WORKS, by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle

“Marina Krakovsky helped us connect Bill’s principles with academic research, showing that he was truly ahead of his time in the business management world. She is always creative and insightful, and a heck of an editor to boot. It was a great pleasure to work with you again, Marina!”

From the Acknowledgements of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller TRILLION DOLLAR COACH, by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, and Alan Eagle