Edward J. Renehan Jr.

Edward John Renehan Jr. (born c 1956)[1] is an American writer, consultant, publisher, and Grammy Award-winning musician.

Renehan grew up in the Long Island village of Valley Stream, New York, where he attended school with future actor/director Steve Buscemi and actress Patricia Charbonneau.

[6] In 2010, Renehan founded New Street Communications, an enterprise focused on audio, digital, and POD editions of books in a range of fields.

[9] In 2022, he founded the New Street division illume Media, a boutique a la cart publishing agency offering ghostwriting, writing, editing, book-doctoring, design, audiobook creation, eBook creation, and hybrid- and self-publishing guidance to clients interested in any or all of these services.

[1] He is active in the Electronic Frontier Foundation — the co-founder of which, John Perry Barlow, sat on the New Street Editorial Board until his death in 2018.

Edward Renehan photographed in 2024.
Friends Edward Renehan and Steve Buscemi photographed in the Spring of 2015.
From left: Ed Renehan with actress Patricia Charbonneau, 2023.
From left: Happy Traum, Artie Traum, and Ed Renehan performing at a reunion concert, Albany, 2008