Abigail Nathan – Editor

I have worked in publishing since 2001. I started freelancing in 2004 and have edited for various Australian publishers including Allen & Unwin, HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Harlequin, and Simon & Schuster, as well as UK publishers including Angry Robot, Hachette and Gollancz. In 2023 I also began working as a literary agent.

I edit what I love to read, which tends to be anything that gets classified as “genre” – fantasy, scifi, romance, crime, and anything in between. I get absorbed in the manuscripts I work on and love to engage as both a reader and an editor.

My goal is always to help the author get whatever is in their head onto the page. This means getting to know their characters and worlds, and becoming a kind of editorial chameleon to ensure that any changes or tweaks I’m suggesting are in keeping with the author – and characters’ – voices. I prefer to provide suggestions and explanations over simply making changes to a manuscript. I aim to help authors become better writers and self-editors during their work with me.