Cathy Suter

Cathy Suter – Editor

Formerly with Hachette Book Group and Columbia University Press. Over fifteen years of experience editing award-winning nonfiction titles.

Overview

My experience includes six years as the managing editor of The Permanent Press — an award-winning literary press, managing editorial experience at Hachette Book Group, and working as a freelance editor for Columbia University Press, Abrams Books, and Philosophical Library. This has given me extensive expertise in developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading. In addition, I've developed a personalized approach for helping authors self-publish.


Titles I've worked on include The Healing Power of Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang, Layered Money by Nik Bahtia, and Birth Without Fear by January Harshe.

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Health & Wellbeing Political Science & Current Affairs Religion & Spirituality Self-Help & Self-Improvement Technology
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

May, 2018 — Jan, 2019 (8 months)

I've worked on numerous nonfiction titles including The Healing Power of Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-Zinn, The War on Normal People by Andrew Yang, and Birth Without Fear by January Harsche.

Self-employed

May, 2016 — Present

I provide a range of editorial services to authors, including developmental editing, copyediting, proofreading, and assistance with self-publishing.

The Permanent Press

Jul, 2010 — Jun, 2016 (almost 6 years)

I served as the Managing Editor of The Permanent Press--an award-winning literary press--for six years.
Our books received a Macavity Award, a Pen Award, and a Foreword Book of the Year Award.

Portfolio

More than twenty years ago, Jon Kabat-Zinn changed the way we thought about awareness in everyday life with his now-classic introduction to mindfulness, Wherever You Go, There You Are. He followed that up with 2005's Coming to Our Senses, the definitive book f... read more
A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. In Math With Bad Drawings, Ben Orlin reveals to us what math actually is; its... read more

Cathy has 48 reviews

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James R.

James R.

Jan, 2024

Cathy was a thoughtful, engaged editor focused on making my voice and content shine. She was instrumental in getting me to jettison seventy pages of suboptimal or tangential content for the final draft. Her work on systematizing the tone and humor was also invaluable. Very happy about my choice! Highly recommend her for this kind of non-fiction.
William F.

William F.

Nov, 2023

My nonfiction project was a long and difficult one for any editor. Cathy made constructive suggestions and made the book compliant with the Chicago Manual of Style. I wrote it over a number of years in starts and stops, which resulted in a number of inconsistencies that Cathy straightened out. I am very pleased with her professional work.
Hanah B.

Hanah B.

Sep, 2023

easy to work with, responsive and timely.
David C.

David C.

Jul, 2023

Cathy is a first-class professional. She did a wonderful job offering a terrific job offering constructive criticism that I was very useful to rework the manuscript. I will go back to her to finish when my changes are made. I highly recommend her.
Fifi A.

Fifi A.

Mar, 2023

Cathy was professional and stuck to the schedule to finish the work. I requested her service for copyediting and proofreading, I am happy with the first part of the work, but I have to be honest that I was disappointed in the end as I found at least two errors myself.
Cathy S.
Hi Fifi, You had an amazing story to share, but I had to make extensive grammar/tense corrections to your manuscript during the copy editing stage, and when you sent it back for proofreading, I...
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