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With over 15 years' experience in the field, Hannah covers divergent beats, including food, wine, travel, politics, lifestyle, real estate, and parenting. Available for copywriting and branded work; recipe writing and development;
pitch-workshopping; product reviews; coaching; ghostwriting; proposal editing and writing; and developmental edits, her high-level print and digital content has appeared in a broad spectrum of notable publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal. A Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and a graduate of the International Culinary Center, Hannah was a 2022 James Beard Award finalist for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, a 2020 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With or Without Recipes, and a 2022 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With Recipes. Her 2021 Bon Appétit essay, “In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love,” appears in the 2022 Best American Food Writing anthology, edited by Sohla El-Waylly. Hannah has traveled to 25 countries and currently lives in Boxford, Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, two dogs, and one Russian tortoise. Find her on BlueSky @hannahselinger.bsky.social, and on Instagram @druishamericanprincess, where she is verified with a blue check that she did not pay for. Hannah is represented by Rick Richter and Caroline Marsiglia at Aevitas Creative Management. Her memoir, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, edited by Vivian Lee, will be published by Little, Brown in 2025.
Buy her book, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, on pre-sale now, at Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and LibroFM.
pitch-workshopping; product reviews; coaching; ghostwriting; proposal editing and writing; and developmental edits, her high-level print and digital content has appeared in a broad spectrum of notable publications, including The New York Times, The New York Times Magazine, The Washington Post, Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, and The Wall Street Journal. A Certified Sommelier through the Court of Master Sommeliers and a graduate of the International Culinary Center, Hannah was a 2022 James Beard Award finalist for the MFK Fisher Distinguished Writing Award, a 2020 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With or Without Recipes, and a 2022 IACP Award finalist in the category of Narrative Beverage Writing With Recipes. Her 2021 Bon Appétit essay, “In My Childhood Kitchen, I Learned Both Fear and Love,” appears in the 2022 Best American Food Writing anthology, edited by Sohla El-Waylly. Hannah has traveled to 25 countries and currently lives in Boxford, Massachusetts with her husband, two sons, two dogs, and one Russian tortoise. Find her on BlueSky @hannahselinger.bsky.social, and on Instagram @druishamericanprincess, where she is verified with a blue check that she did not pay for. Hannah is represented by Rick Richter and Caroline Marsiglia at Aevitas Creative Management. Her memoir, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, edited by Vivian Lee, will be published by Little, Brown in 2025.
Buy her book, Cellar Rat: My Life in the Restaurant Underbelly, on pre-sale now, at Bookshop, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iBooks, and LibroFM.
"Through sharp editing and insights that can only come from years of experience, success, and a lot of hard work, Hannah has a unique talent for coaxing the best writing out of her clients. She gave me the tools and structure I needed to turn my book idea into an impressive proposal—one I'm excited to send out to agents. I appreciate her no-nonsense approach. There's no hand-holding or sugar-coating with Hannah. But that means that when she says you're in good shape, she really means it. And she'll work with you until you get there. I can't recommend her services enough."
Ariel Kanter, freelance writer, editor, and content strategist