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Katelyn Knox

Helping Scholars Finish Strong First Books

Finish Your First Academic Book with Less Stress

So, you’ve written a dissertation. Congratulations! But how do you turn it into a book? The Dissertation-to-Book Workbook is the answer. It offers a series of manageable, concrete steps with exercises to help you clarify your book’s core priorities, pinpoint your organizing principle, polish your narrative arc, evaluate your evidence, and thread your book’s main ideas through its chapters. Indispensible to anyone with an academic manuscript in progress, the prompts, examples, checklists, and activities will give you confidence about all aspects of your project.

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About Me

Katelyn Knox

I’m an Associate Professor of French at the University of Central Arkansas, where I specialize in 20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone literature, music, and culture.

My first book, Race on Display in 20th- and 21st-Century France, came out in 2016 with Liverpool University press. I’m now working on my second book, tentatively titled Mediating Francophone Afropea, which will examine how ultracontemporary Afropean authors and artists blur boundaries between literature and music.

I also enjoy helping other junior humanities scholars–especially those at teaching institutions–navigate the tenure-track and the process of publishing their first academic book. I share advice on the academic book publishing process, establishing sustainable routines, and how to find more time for the things that matter most to you on my blog.