Experienced editor specializing in picture books, MG and YA with a warm and collaborative style designed to help you deliver your best work!
A good editor brings the tools and insight to help a writer deliver their very best work, and I love supporting authors on this creative journey.
I have over seventeen years’ publishing experience, working on internationally best selling series, award-winning fiction, non-fiction, picture books, and lavish gift editions. As the senior commissioning editor of children’s fiction at OUP, I was longlisted and shortlisted for the Branford Boase Award and edited award-winning authors as well as developing exciting debut voices. As creative lead on IP development at OUP, I loved conceptualizing stories, characters and worlds, writing style bibles and storylines for globally successful series'.
As a freelance children’s books specialist I offer editorial expertise and IP development in the children’s books market, working with publishers, authors and agents to build an even brighter, more inclusive and creative publishing landscape for readers everywhere.
I am available for editing, creative development, copy editing and proofreading and would love to hear about your project and how I can help you.
I offer editorial expertise and IP development in the children’s books market, working with a wide variety of publishers, authors and agents to build an even brighter, more inclusive and creative publishing landscape for readers everywhere.
Responsible for the strategic management of the children’s fiction list, acquiring and editing new voices, as well as developing established authors and illustrators on the list. Building relationships with authors and agents, negotiating contracts and managing IP content creation in house for fiction and picture books.
Philip Reeve
Reeve and McIntyre bring you another rip-roaring read! The Race to the Top of the World! It comes around once in a lifetime, and the prize? Your heart's desire. Shen and Sika can't resist the chance to win, but competition is fierce. The path to victory is littered with snow trolls, sea monsters, and a gang of particularly hungry yetis. But Shen and Sika have something the other contestants do... read more
Harriet Muncaster
Half vampire, half fairy, totally unique! Isadora Moon is special because she is different. Her mum is a fairy and her dad is a vampire and she is a bit of both. When Isadora's cousin, Mirabelle, comes to stay, Isadora is really excited. Mirabelle, who is a witch, is older than Isadora and always has the best ideas for things to do. So when she suggests that instead of taking Pink Rabbit Isado... read more
Cerrie Burnell
Minnow is different from the other girls in her town and there's plenty to set her apart: the blossom of pale scars which lie beneath Minnow's delicate ears, the fact that she has an affinity with the water which leaves people speechless, and that once - she is sure - in deep, deep water, her body began to glow like a sunken star. When her mum gets into trouble and is taken from their boat in ... read more
Gillian Cross
Everyone is good at something. But at Lizzie's school this has been taken to extremes. Her classmate Ethan, who previously had no interest in sport, is now incredible at football; her brother's suddenly an expert in robotics; and Lizzie has become really good at being bad. But when she tries to remember what awful thing she's just done, all she has is a blank space in her mind. How come they'v... read more
Tom McLaughlin
When Joe tells a local news reporter exactly what he would do if he were leader of the country, the video goes viral and Joe's speech becomes famous all over the world! Before long, people are calling for the current leader to resign and give someone else a go . . . and that's how an ordinary boy like Joe ended up with the most extraordinary job. Now the fun can really start . . . Hats for cat... read more
Harrison, Paula, Lovlie, Jenny
Stella Deane, November 2021
Felicity Middleton, September 2021
Ina Bleris, September 2021
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I am comics. I am thematic storytelling. I am writing and editing with intention. I am the process that helps creators achieve their goals.
Sacramento, CA, USA
Professional editor with 20+ years' experience of working with top authors, e.g. Lee Child, Val McDermid, Sophie Kinsella. Plus nonfiction.
Oxford, UK