Even the best writers need help shaping their words to convey their ideas clearly and powerfully. That's where Paper Tigers comes in.

Paper Tigers is a network of top editors, writers and designers with extensive journalism, publishing and new media experience. Our specialties are book editing, writing, and author website design. Our clients are publishers, literary agents, media companies, and authors.

Our team offers a range of creative services tailored to meet your needs, whether you are a publisher with a project circling the drain, a literary agent who needs a strong book proposal to sell a great idea, or an author in need of a savvy editor to help sharpen a manuscript. Every Paper Tigers project is custom-designed to meet your specific needs, and because we take on only a limited number of clients, we can offer the personalized, in-depth service and support many major publishers can no longer provide.




“Donna Wares is a smart, savvy editor, who is flexible and exudes energy and warmth. I love working with her.”

— Jane Isay, Editor-in-Chief
Harcourt Brace

Paper Tigers was founded by Donna Wares, an award-winning editor and writer who has worked at the Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, and Orange County Register, and teaches journalism at California State University, Long Beach. Donna is the editor of the best-selling My California: Journeys by Great Writers and a 2005 San Francisco Library Laureate. She also is the author of Great Escapes: Southern California (Countryman Press/Norton, 2008). Read what others say about Donna.

We publish CaliforniaAuthors.com, the popular news website dedicated to the West Coast’s thriving literary scene.

We take pride in our work. Your success is our success, too. Email Paper Tigers here.