Carolyn Abate

Carolyn Abate – Editor

I'm a health & wellness editor with 15 + years of experience developing profitable content & manuscripts that educate & engage readers.

Overview

Developing and writing a book is exciting - and overwhelming. I can help you navigate that world.

I have more than 15 years of editorial experience, the last five in books that focus on health, wellness, nutrition, personal growth, and development. To date, I've developed over 70 profitable, non-fiction health and wellness manuscripts—everything from a vegan ketogenic cookbook to crystal grids for beginners to a mindfulness workbook for panic attacks.

My focus is developmental editing. Meaning I evaluate the tone, structure, and flow of your writing. My working style is open, supportive, and communicative. I take pride in maintaining your voice while providing critical feedback and guidance to ensure that your words convey information in the most thoughtful, helpful, and succinct way.

Let me help make your book dreams come true!

Services
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Nov, 2009 — Present
Work on assignment and contract basis for a variety of news organizations covering health, wellness, technology, and news. •Served as a consistent contributor at Healthline, the largest digital consumer health website in the United States with 68MM visitors. • Wrote profiles about female tech leaders for Women 2.0, a global website for women in tech. • As a Bay Area stringer for Reuters and The New York Post cover breaking news including technology, health, and politics news. • Served as a regular correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor, researching and writing stories about Bay Area trends in health, culture and politics. A feature on Discovery channel’s MythBusters was the Monitor’s first high-traffic story with 30K+ hits in one week.

Linkwell Health

Mar, 2023 — Oct, 2023 (8 months)
Spearheaded and developed consumer health education content articles targeting insurance members. Initiatives focused on evidence-based health information to drive consumer behavior change and decisions. Topics included member, chronic conditions and other wellness subjects.

Callisto Media

Nov, 2018 — Jul, 2022 (over 3 years)
Developed and executed 50+ health and wellness books for the non-fiction book publisher that leveraged data to deliver high-quality content that improved people’s lives. Promoted from Developmental Editor to Editor to Senior Editor within 3 years. Highlight: Mental Health Journal for Men, Mindfulness Workbook for Panic Attacks, and A Daughter’s Grief Journal debuted at #1 in their respective category on Amazon; Love & Asperger’s remains in the top 100 of Autism Spectrum Disorder category on Amazon, 3 years after its release.

Carolyn has 2 reviews

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Laura E.

Laura E.

Aug, 2025

I feel so lucky to have found Carolyn as my editor! Not only did she help to shape my book into something proud of, but her process felt truly collaborative and encouraging. How she characterized my voice was exactly how I wanted it to come across. I appreciate Carolyn's ability to keep my style ...
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Mike L.

Mike L.

Feb, 2023

It's been great working with Carolyn...she could probably be a little tougher on me! :-)
Carolyn A.
Oh Mike. I could never! :)

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