Adria Carey Perez

Adria Carey Perez – Editor

Former Editor at McGraw-Hill with 15 years of developing and editing memoir, science, education, nature, and travel titles.

Overview

My signature is great writing, whether I’ve written it, edited it, curated it, designed what it looks like on a screen or page, or taught someone how to create it. Drawing on my background as a professor, an expat, an advisor, and a full-time and freelance writer and editor, I specialize in crafting fluid prose from a storytelling perspective to draw readers in and deliver the message for projects that are as diverse as educational products, travel articles, business proposals, marketing newsletters, company websites, and my own digital creation, Odyssa Magazine.

Testimonials:

"Adria was wonderful to work with and could not have done a better job...My book, "Fifty Flying Stories," required expertise in aviation language and a whole gamut of other needs...It is my privilege to highly recommend her services to both first-time and experienced authors."
--Randal Roth


"It was lovely working with Adria. She was professional, honest and stuck to the deadline. Her feedback was always clear and the attention to detail was second to none. I have already started working with her on another project! Highly recommended!"
--Saira Goheer
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Career Guides Children’s Non-Fiction Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences Education & Reference Nature Parenting & Families Travel
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Works with
Squarespace Wix WordPress
Awards
  • Lowell Thomas Award--Travel Journalism @ Ciao Bambino
Certifications
  • National Association of Science Writers
  • Florida Writers Association
  • Editorial Freelancers Association
  • Career Directors International

Work experience

Florida Institute of Technology

May, 2011 — Present

I teach undergraduate students in writing courses, from developmental writers learning to suss out the English language to graduating seniors developing books and thesis ideas in disciplines as diverse as ocean engineering, psychology, and aviation.

Self-employed

Jan, 2009 — Present

My signature is great writing, whether I’ve written it, edited it, curated it, designed what it looks like on a screen or page, or taught someone how to create it.

Drawing on my background as a professor, an expat, an advisor, and a full-time and freelance writer and editor, I specialize in crafting fluid prose from a storytelling perspective to draw readers in and deliver the message for projects that are as diverse as educational products, travel articles, business proposals, marketing newsletters, company websites, and my own digital creation, Odyssa Magazine.

Portfolio

Glencoe Biology:

Glencoe/McG

Glencoe Biology 2012
Conflict is the very heart and soul of drama, and Smith's latest work explores character conflict and the various ways to portray it both in scripts and on the stage.
NASA is again reorganizing its resources to accomplish its fluctuating missions. The fourth edition of Introduction to Space: The Science of Spaceflight has received a major overhaul to bring to you a readable understanding of how these goals may be achieved. ... read more
Transformative learning is a theory of adult education that focuses on the profound changes-or transformations-that can occur in the lives of adults. It is not as concerned with incremental advances in learners' knowledge as it is with their mental frameworks ... read more
This book intends to expand the perception of learning in the workplace and refocus the efforts of HRD practitioners and adult educators to cover all types of learning--beyond formal training to include informal and incidental learning. While integrating theor... read more
Waterfowl Ecology and Management

Eric G. Bolen Guy A. Baldassarre

This new book represents a major revision of the first edition and addresses all aspects of waterfowl ecology and management under one cover. The second edition is expanded to 2,800 references arrayed across 11 chapters such as classification, courtship behavi... read more
The Economics of Production is intended to serve as a textbook for courses in production economics theory - aimed at first-year graduate students and advanced undergraduates in economics, agricultural economics, and management. Technical aspects of production ... read more
The third edition of General Aviation Marketing and Management, although true to its original purpose, has been updated and expanded to include more guidance on the subject of FBO Management. Specifically, the line service functions of an FBO are thoroughly ex... read more

Adria has 24 reviews

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Michael S.

Michael S.

Aug, 2024

Great feedback and insights. She also changed the schedule when I was mistaken and chose the wrong dates. There were some areas where she had done a bit more--other editors caught some things that needed to be addressed. But overall she did a great job.
Jay B.

Jay B.

Jul, 2024

I loved working with Adria. Great communication and very professional. I would highly recommend her to anyone in need of her talent.
Phillip D.

Phillip D.

Jul, 2024

It was easy and stress-free working with Adria. She provided regular feedback, and fulfilled the specified timeline. I thought I was meticulous in my reviews, but Adria caught very many errors. I accepted 99.9% of her corrections. After her editing, I'm confident with the manuscript.
Shari M.

Shari M.

Jul, 2024

Adria was very nice and helpful as well as flexible with my timeline. The first round of edits was mainly grammatical, and in the second round she did an excellent job of reworking my often way too long sentences. But I expected / hoped for more rewrite prompts than she gave me. She was super responsive at the beginning of the process, checking in every Friday in addition to our regular communi...
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jim W.

jim W.

Apr, 2024

This was not a good experience, Adria is a good salesman, but after we started there was no back and forth at all, there was very little communication, You can tell she did not put her heart into it as she said she would.Thew out her edit was not good, tons of run-on sentences were not fixed,very vague she made some suggestions and that was it,It looks like from her notes that she did all the e...
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