HSW assists government and corporate clients with writing and editing projects large and small. The HSW team authors and edits textbooks at the college and high school level, with accompanying instructor guides and student workbooks as needed. It assists in creating, writing, editing, and publishing corporate or agency manuals, policies, and other documents. HSW also creates e-learning courses and trains clients' employee in using e-mail safely and efficiently. HSW also runs a free website, YourWritingGuru.com, where visitors can get answers to grammar and writing questions.
HSW is headquartered in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington, D.C. Through its virtual office, the company can serve clients across the country.
HSW's editor and publisher, Lawrence J. Goodrich, brings a lifetime of experience in writing, editing, and publishing. Before joining HSW, he spent many years as a senior editor and writer for The Christian Science Monitor newspaper. He has worked as communications director for a federal government agency and taught college-level journalism courses. He served as a Foreign Service officer in Romania, Canada, the former Soviet Union, and in the State Department's Office of Soviet Affairs. He graduated with high honors from Michigan State University.