Rose Marie Cleese: Writer, Author, Copy Editor
One rainy November day long ago, I picked up my new five-year diary and started chronicling the thrilling daily events of my 7-year-old life, thus launching my life as a wordsmith. While a marketing and copywriting career has paid the bills over the years, I’ve been able to satisfy my passion for “true writing” amid the search for brochure headlines and good copywriters to train. I’ve written a monthly travel column for a magazine, been on the staff of a national ski magazine, had a weekly wintersports column in a metropolitan newspaper, and written articles on a wide range of topics for several national magazines and major newspapers. Most recently I have been researching and writing a travel guide to the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California, working on an anxiously awaited biography that will be a significant contribution to the historical record of San Francisco and California; serving as the copy editor on several coffee table books, and ghostwriting a chapter of
a business book for a marketing expert.
The most exciting and significant writing projects of my life are currently in the works, but you are most welcome to review some of my past writings provided here. Happy reading!
Professional Organizations
Society of Professional Journalists • The Institute for Historical Study •
North America Snowsports Journalists Association
(past president, Northern California/Nevada Ski Media Association, now part of NASJA) •
Women in Consulting • Catalog and e-Commerce Club of Northern California •
Special Interest Organizations
San Francisco Museum and Historical Society • California Historical Society • American/Italian Historical Association, West
Philanthropic/Social Issue Organizations
Committee for Green Foothills • Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) • Save the Bay • Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy •
Save-the-Redwoods League • Marin Agricultural Land Trust • Marine Mammal Center • Natural Resources Defense Council •
Earth Justice • National Audubon Society • National Wildlife Federation
Cultural/Civic Organizations
San Francisco Opera • San Francisco Symphony • KQED • Friends of the San Francisco Public Library •
Neighborhood Parks Council (San Francisco)
