The best publishing professionals for hire

Audrey ★★★★★

London, UK

Editor with 4+ years of working in publishing, focusing on commercial fiction - I work across all genres, but I particularly love thrillers!

Services:

Genres: Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Hachette
• HarperCollins

Felix ★★★★★

Christchurch, New Zealand

Illustrator specializing in poster and book cover art with a distinct graphic visual style. clients: Netflix, PenguinRH, Simon and Schuster.

Services:

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, Dystopian, Science Fiction, and Military Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Lucy ★★★★★

Birmingham, UK

Hi! I'm a picture book designer with over five years of industry experience. Expert in covers, layouts and lettering that delight children.

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Wonderbly
• Hackney Citizen

Doreen ★★★★★

Harrow, UK

Competent, careful and approachable copyeditor with extensive experience editing a broad range of texts, specialising in the arts.

Services:

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Design, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Kerry ★★★★★

Millis, MA, USA

New York Times Bestselling author/ghostwriter/editor/book doctor of over 40 books in multiple genres

Services:

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Sex & Relationships, Inspirational, Coming of Age, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Jerry ★★★★★

Vero Beach, FL, United States

An editor with more than 20 years of experience in books, covering a variety of genres in fiction and nonfiction.

Services:

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Margie ★★★★★

Boston, MA, USA

Editor specializing in fiction and nonfiction for children 4-12, including easy readers, early chapter books, and picture books.

Services:

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Susan ★★★★★

London, UK

Experienced and well-qualified editor who loves working with authors, especially on popular/children's science, psychology and philosophy.

Services:

Genres: Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Math & Science, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Print and digital media
• Science in School (at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg)
• Epigeum (Oxford University Press)
• Duncan Baird Publising

Sophie ★★★★★

Cergy, France

Native French translator with 230+ published novels — romance, regency, fantasy & thrillers.

Services:

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Legal Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Medical Thriller, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Ore ★★★★★

London, UK

I'm an experienced novelist and editor with experience across both fiction and non-fiction who loves to bring stories to life.

Services:

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• HarperCollins Publishers UK

Emma ★★★★★

Livorno, Province of Livorno, Italy

Professional and experienced freelance translator from English and German into Italian, proofreader and editor for the publishing industry

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Literary Fiction, Classics, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Travel.

Work experience:

• Leone Editore
• Usborne Publishing
• Guido Tommasi Editore
• Gribaudo Editore
• Lingua Translation
• Language Company

Charles ★★★★★

Dorset, UK

Children's illustrator specialising in comical animal paintings (actual and invented), with over thirty years experience in the business.

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Nature.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Shuli ★★★★★

New York, NY, USA

Developmental editor helping you seize the core of your project and bring it to its maximal impact.

Services:

Genres: LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Sex & Relationships, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• Ideas on Fire
• Self-employed

tom ★★★★★

Brighton, UK

Graphic designer and art director with over 15 years experience working in the publishing industry.

Services:

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Penguin Random House

Elisa ★★★★★

Carrboro, NC, USA

Author & editor with a PhD in literature & publishing industry experience. I have a thoughtful, collaborative, & enthusiastic style.

Services:

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

• Algonquin Books
• The Carolina Quarterly
• Ethos Review
• UNC Chapel Hill
• Self-employed

Rachel ★★★★★

Zürich, Switzerland

Former Penguin Random House Commissioning Editor | 10+ years' Big 5 experience | Crime, Thrillers & Commercial Fiction

Services:

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Transworld Publishers (Penguin Random House UK)
• HarperCollins Publishers UK
• Fourth Estate (HarperCollins Publishers UK)
• Ebury Press (Penguin Random House UK)
• The Book Club Boutique
• Self-employed
• Deloitte Consulting AG, Switzerland

Maria ★★★★★

Karlsruhe, Germany

Experienced Graphic Designer & Illustrator. Formerly at adidas, now freelancing. Let's create something amazing together!

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Architecture, Calendars, Children’s Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Middle Grade.

Work experience:

• adidas
• Self-employed
• heo
• FOREO