Patti Zielinski

Call me curious. One of my favorite pastimes is chatting with folks, discovering their stories and how to tell them to the world. As the daughter of an English teacher who believed it was important to teach his children how to spell the word “phlegm” (because it exemplified the kookiness and creativity of our spoken vs written word) along with their A.B.C.s, I fell in love early with our language and the power it holds. 

After earning my B.A. in English and Journalism from the University of Delaware (fight on, Blue Hens!), completing a concentrated study in Journalism at the University of Alabama (Roll Tide!) and an M.A. in English Literature (for the sheer fun of it) from Georgia State University, I served for over two decades as a magazine editor and writer, working for and launching titles in the fine arts, luxury lifestyle, business and health and medicine.

Today, as an award-winning writer and editor, I collaborate with clients across the globe in a variety of creative pursuits — from magazines, newspapers and online content to corporate communications, books, public relations and marketing — and cover health and medicine for a major university. 

My background:

Fine Art + Luxury Lifestyle + Regional Magazines

Art & Antiques (Executive Editor), The Traveling Collector (Founding Editor), Collector’s Showcase (Founding Editor), Emerging Artists (Founding Editor), Luxury Magazine (Founding Editor), New Jersey Life (Executive Editor), Health + Beauty (Founding Editor), Bridgewater City Lifestyle and Somerset Hills City Lifestyle  (Editor), River Towns (Currently Departments Editor)

Association Magazines

Recognition with Style, the magazine for the Association of Stylists & Barbers (Founding Editor), and Recovery Campus, Association of Recovery in Higher Education (Contributing Writer)

Business to Business

Corporate Cashflow (Managing Editor), World Wastes  (Managing Editor), American City & County  (Contributing Editor)

• National Geographic Traveler
• Art & Antiques 
• Recovery Campus 
• Luxury Magazine (signature magazine for Visa Black Card holders)
• Black Card Mag (signature magazine for Master Card Black Card holders)
• New Jersey Life
• Health + Beauty
• City Lifestyle titles: Bridgewater, NJ; Somerset Hills, NJ.; Springfield, Mo.; Ahwatukee, Ariz.
• New Jersey Monthly
• Sarah Lawrence
• Hook & Barrel
• Princeton Journeys
• Portico
• Recognition with Style
• The Traveling Collector
• Emerging Artists 
• Collector's Showcase
• Leader’s Edge 
• Park Place 
• Bergen Health & Life
• Today’s Chiropractic Lifestyle
• Corporate Cashflow
• American  City & County
• World Wastes
• Equally Wed
• Gannett
• Edible Jersey
• River Towns magazine
• 24th Letter
• Medical Xpress
• Futurity
• Science Daily
• India West

• Playing It Their Way: An Innovative Approach to Teaching Music to Individuals with Special Needs by Karen Z. Kowalski (Mousebox Books)
• Losing Todd: A Mother's Journey: Finding Peace in My Heart by Jeanne Harris Weaver (Muscarelle Museum of Art)
• Hiroshige’s 53 Stations of the Tokaido (Muscarelle Museum of Art)
• Building the Brafferton: The Founding, Funding and Legacy of America's Indian School  (Muscarelle Museum of Art)