Anna Barrett (née Hogarty) – Editor

With over fifteen years’ experience in the publishing industry, I work with writers at all stages of their career: from discussing ideas and assessing projects in progress, to structural editing and providing help with developing that all-important pitch.

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I have worked for the Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency for much of my publishing career, as in-house editor, part-time literary agent, and now as a freelance editor. During this time, I have edited many of their biggest debuts. I’ve worked with a wide range of authors on their concepts and ideas, and have assessed manuscripts on submission for other agents as well as for myself.

Prior to this I worked at some of the UK’s top publishing houses including Penguin, John Murray, Hodder & Stoughton, Headline and Atlantic Books. As an editor, I have seen a variety of titles through from acquisition to print, from bestselling fiction to illustrated books.

As a freelance editor, I have worked additionally with United Agents, HarperCollins/HQ, Macmillan, Little, Brown Book Group and Constable & Robinson, as well as with many successfully self-published writers. I have been an editor for The Faber Academy, a ‘book doctor’ and editor for Jericho Writers, and I am professionally trained in a wide range of publishing skills.

I am a graduate of the Faber Academy’s novel-writing course, and have studied creative writing at City University and City Lit.

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I love helping writers get to the heart of what they’re trying to say. The bulk of my experience has been in commercial adult fiction and non-fiction, and I continue to work in these areas: Book-club, upmarket, literary/commercial crossover fiction; Psychological thrillers, suspense, crime and mystery; Romance, rom-com, historical fiction; Stories with a touch of magic; Wellbeing, ideas for living, yoga, meditation; Upmarket narrative non-fiction, memoir, nature and travel writing.

I am a qualified yoga teacher and this is a special interest of mine. I have represented writers such as Katherine May, Mimi Kuo-Deemer and James Reeves on their publishing journeys, and I continue to work with many voices in this space.

In case it is helpful, I don’t work on children’s books, young adult, sci-fi, fantasy, poetry, or more specialised forms of non-fiction.