Alison Kuznets – Editor

Editor, researcher and copy-writer with years of experience working on non-fiction titles in subjects as varied as travel, sustainability, anthropology and strawbale building. I worked as a commissioning editor at an award-winning sustainability publisher before moving into the freelance world, which enabled me to travel whilst working with fantastic authors on some very interesting projects. As a commissioning editor I assessed hundreds of query letters and book proposals, selecting those with the best potential to take to publication. I worked closely with authors at the development stage, helping to structure and focus their work. In my freelance work I have continued this developmental editing as well as putting my "eagle eyes" to use in copy-editing (including fact-checking) and proofreading a variety of texts from academic papers to blog posts and books. I work closely with authors at all stages of the editing process from the big picture to the all-important details. I am happy to be flexible in my approach to giving feedback and edits and believe it is important to be clear from the start about what an author wants to get from the process. Writing can be a lonely enterprise but I aim to make the editing experience collaborative and joyful, resulting in work the author is proud is their best.