Anna Paterson – Editor

I am a qualified freelance copy-editor and proofreader with more than fifteen years' experience. After living in London for more than forty years and balancing freelance editorial work with other employment, I moved to the south of Italy in 2017 and became a full-time copy-editor and proofreader. It’s definitely warmer out here, and with several rescue cats and dogs (search online for Twiglet and Crew), it seems there is no rest for the wicked.

I trained with The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP), and I work with publishers, literary consultancies and self-publishing authors. Past and present clients include Black and White Publishing, Boldwood Books, Bookouture, Bradt Travel Guides, Bristol University Press & Policy Press, Grange Communications, Newgen Publishing, Oneworld Publications, Sandstone Press, Summersdale Publishers and W.F. Howes.

I have copy-edited or proofread the following genres (and the list is always expanding): academic, art, biography & memoir, chick lit, crime & mystery, fantasy, historical fiction, horror, military history, outdoor, romance, science fiction, sport, thriller, travel, Young Adult.

If you are an author looking to submit your manuscript to an agent, for example, I offer both copy-editing and proofreading services that can help perfect your work. I enjoy working closely with the author and am always at the end of an email if you have any questions. At the end of the day, we both want to be happy with the end result!

If you are a self-publishing author looking to get your work out to a wider audience, I can help ensure that the manuscript is the best it can be. I'm here to help. I work on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction, so whatever your project may be, feel free to get in touch and we can take it from there.

I can work on hard copy using the British Standards Institution symbols (BS 5261C:2005), and I can edit on screen using Track changes in Word or the annotations on PDFs.