Atalanta Willcox – Editor

📘Proofreader of Women Without Men by Shahrnush Parsipur, longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2026 📘

📘Proofreader of DEI & Me by David Otudeko, shortlisted for the Business Book Awards 2026 📘

About Me:

I am a professional freelance editor, proofreader, researcher and writer with nineteen years' experience in education (arts, humanities, social sciences), fiction (children's, commercial, literary, sci-fi, speculative, young adult), and nonfiction (art history, business, history, well-being, corporate and nonprofit) publishing.

I work on a wide range of books, journals, reports, and multimedia components for a diverse range of clients, from individual authors and small indie publishers to large international publishers.

Clients include HarperCollins, Hodder Education, Macmillan Education, National Geographic Learning, Oxford University Press, Penguin and Routledge.

Services offered:

- Proofreading

- Copyediting

- Line editing

- Developmental/substantive editing

- Feminism editing

- Inclusion and DEI editing

- Manuscript critiques

- Writing/copywriting

- Research

- Project management

- Consultancy (editorial)

I'm an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) and a friendly and reliable editor and writer.

Do get in touch if you'd be interested in working together.