Ashley Curtis

Ashley Curtis – Editor

I regularly work with Swiss publishers and with professors from major universities to refine and polish both fiction and academic writing.

Overview

I am a writer, editor and proofreader. I help academics, creatives and entrepreneurs refine and polish their written English until it’s precise, vivid and compelling. I specialise in mysteries and non-fiction works in the humanities and social sciences. I regularly edit and proofread books in English for a number of Swiss publishing houses, including Kommode Press, Bergli Books and NZZ Libro. I have also edited books and/or chapters of books published by Transcript Verlag, Zytglogge Verlag and Springer. I regularly edit news articles, departmental communications, and reports for the Department of Management, Technology, and Economics at ETH Zurich.I was born in California and grew up in Bern, Switzerland, and Cambridge, Massachusetts. I have lived in Switzerland for the last 25 years, and became a Swiss citizen in 2013. I hold B.A. and M.A.R. degrees from Yale University, and teaching qualifications in math and physics.I am the author of a number of books myself, including Alles ist beseelt (Kommode Press, 2021), Hexeneinmaleins (Kommode Press, 2019), Error and Loss: A License to Enchantment (Kommode Press, 2018), and “O Switzerland!” (Bergli Books, 2018). My chapter “Paul Geheeb and Nazi Germany: Progressive Education in the Age of Fascism” was included in Historians on Leadership and Strategy: Case Studies From Antiquity to Modernity, edited by Martin Gutmann (Springer, 2020). I have also been published extensively in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine.
Services
Non-Fiction
Humanities & Social Sciences Religion & Spirituality
Fiction
Mystery & Crime Thriller & Suspense
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Certifications
  • M.A.R. Yale Divinity School
  • B.A. Yale University

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2016 — Present
Self-employed developmental and copy editor, proofreader and German-to-English translator.

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