Dylan Garity - Editor
Full-service freelance editor, specializing in genre fiction. Over 250 books edited, including many NYT and USA Today bestselling titles.
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Overview
I am a freelance editor with over eight years of experience working with fiction and non-fiction titles. After graduating from Macalester College with a B.A. in English and creative writing, I began editing, and have since worked on more than 250 books, including multiple bestselling titles, for both self-published authors and traditional publishers.
As an avid reader and writer since childhood, I love diving into a book and helping get it in shape so that readers can experience the story without any distractions. My favorite genres to work with are thriller/mystery, sci-fi and fantasy, and literary fiction, but I enjoy working with books of pretty much any kind.
In addition to my freelance work, I also served for over six years as Vice President of Button Publishing, Inc., publishers of popular poetry and non-fiction titles such as Our Numbered Days, Helium, and Depression & Other Magic Tricks.
Languages
English (US)
Fiction
Fantasy
Middle Grade
Mystery & Crime
Romance
Science Fiction
Thriller & Suspense
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Health & Wellbeing
Work experience
Freelance Editor
Self-employed
October, 2012
–
Present
(about 10 years)
Providing full editorial services for fiction and non-fiction books, magazines, academic papers, and more.
Vice President
Button Publishing, Inc.
April, 2012
–
February, 2019
(almost 7 years)
Managed multiple roles at Button Publishing, Inc., a multimedia literary publisher of bestselling books such as Our Numbered Days, Helium, and Depression & Other Magic Tricks. Roles included editing, business development, social media management of over three million followers, website management, videography, and more.
Portfolio (30 selected works)
The Grave Man - A Sam Prichard Mystery
David Archer
Meet retired cop, Sam Prichard.Sam Prichard was a cop, and a good one, until the bullets took out the joint of his right hip. Now he's trying to learn to live without being a cop, and getting to know his neighbors, learning to walk again and even ride a motorcycle. Life is bearable, barely, but then he gets asked to find a missing child, and the lure of getting back into some kind of police wo... read more
Our Numbered Days
Neil Hilborn
"When you're dumb enough for long enough, you're gonna meet someone too smart to love you, and they're gonna love you anyway, and it's gonna go so poorly," Neil Hilborn writes in his debut full-length collection, OUR NUMBERED DAYS. In 2013, Hilborn's poem "OCD" went viral, and has amassed over 11 million views to date. While this collection ruminates on love, heartbreak, and mental illness, th... read more
Valkyrie
Ludwa, Meg
The Maiden Ship
Micheline Ryckman
There's a time to hide, a time to run, and a time to fight. Dain Alloway was only nine years old when he began a new life with his father, sailing aboard The Maiden. Eight years later, the aristocratic city-boy turned merchant-sailor feels like he lives with one foot on land, and one foot in the sea. Life floats smoothly by until the night he wakes to find a mysterious woman in his cabin. The ... read more
Helium
Rudy Francisco
Helium is the debut poetry collection by internet phenom Rudy Francisco, whose work has defined poetry for a generation of new readers. Rudy's poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he has traveled the country and the world performing for sell-out crowds. Helium is filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection, a... read more
Code Name Camelot (Noah Wolf Book 1)
David Archer
Framed for crimes he did not commit, he is sentenced to death by his own country...Noah Wolf is quickly becoming one of the top names in the world of espionage. With well over 1 million copies sold and thousands of five star reviews, this perennial USA Today bestselling series will be sure to keep your heart pounding well into the night.After witnessing the murder-suicide of his parents as a c... read more
Oleanders in June
Whitney Vandiver
Galveston Island, 1900.A year of training in the Signal Corps did nothing to prepare Alfred Ridgeway for his new post with the U.S. Weather Bureau on the edge of the Texas gulf. Raised on a farm in Indian Territory, Alfred finds the wealth and grandeur of Galveston Island overwhelming and lacking a place for a man of his status. Despite his expectations, Alfred finds himself thrust into the st... read more
THE "LIFE AFTER LOVE" SERIES: BOOK ONENineteen year old medical student Claire Prior finds her heart torn by her affair with billionaire Sam Burgess. Sam, meanwhile, struggles with his own emotions as he watches his terminally ill wife slip slowly away. Can their love survive beyond the deceit that it was born out of? Or will they succumb to the barriers standing between them?At the same, on t... read more
Ship Wrecked III
Mark Wayne McGinnis
"Fantastic Read! Waited and waited for this 3rd installment. MWM did not disappoint!" Gordon Parks Finally, Cameron Decker is reunited with Heather—the love of his life, now a fellow galactic traveler in her own right. Each has survived their own hellish experiences. Now onboard their new starship, they settle in for the journey home to Earth—or what’s left of it. News is not good: the massive... read more
Real Talk About LGBTQIAP: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, and Pansexual explores over 200 questions about sexuality, gender identity, biological sex, relationships, equality, and issues like bathroom laws, conversion therapy, healthcare discrimination, and religious freedom bills. Tara Coyt, a heterosexual, cisgender writer answers questions through interviews wi... read more
Recusal
R.L. Sommer
Jake Lehman, fresh out of law school at NYU, finds himself swept into the political intrigue and moral dilemmas plaguing the nation’s capital when he lands in Washington, DC, for a clerkship with the venerable Supreme Court Justice White. As he begins falling for a fellow clerk--a brilliant and gorgeous Rhodes scholar from Stanford--a political scandal erupts, implicating the president and rai... read more
Depression & Other Magic Tricks (Button Poetry)
Sabrina Benaim
Depression & Other Magic Tricks is the debut book by Sabrina Benaim, one of the most-viewed performance poets of all time, whose poem "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" has become a cultural phenomenon with over 50,000,000 views. Depression & Other Magic Tricks explores themes of mental health, love, and family. It is a documentation of struggle and triumph, a celebration of daily life an... read more
Scars Left to Heal is Siobhan St. John's personal testimony filled with transparency, pain, inspiration, sadness, and victory. Her memoir shares her past of dealing with cancer at a very young age and the life experiences that molded and shaped her into the woman she is today. Siobhan's narrates vivid experiences that will have readers teary eyed and cheering for her all at the same time. Thro... read more
I Am Sal: A Mystifying Crime Thriller
Abraham Falls
What if you were born as a fully formed adult? Completely aware of your surroundings, fully able to speak, walk, think, and recognize, by name, all of the items you could see? The only thing missing, the only nagging void in your memory: your identity. How do you think you would react to such a situation? Would it even be possibly to take it calmly? Or would there be a sense of panic? A rush o... read more
Framed - A Sam Prichard Mystery
David Archer
Sam Prichard has recovered from his last mission to save the world, and is back to being a normal private eye. Suddenly, he's got three seemingly unrelated cases, but the clues keep leading him to the same places and people. He's decided there's something fishy going on, but then he wakes up and finds that one of his clients is dead, and he is the only possible suspect!When he's arrested for m... read more
Lone Wolf - A Noah Wolf Thriller
David Archer
Noah Wolf is one of the world's most deadly assassins, completely devoid of emotion and conscience. These factors, which others would consider to be handicaps, allow him to evaluate situation instantly, and from a purely logical standpoint. His decisions and actions are never tainted by emotion or feelings, which frees him from any risk of fear or guilt.When Team Camelot is handed an unusual m... read more
Guardian Ship
Mark Wayne McGinnis
Creepy and wonderful, they're watching us—Malissa Brink / Didn't want it to end—Randy Grub Dominic Moretti was dealing with a lot of issues. Life hadn’t been easy since returning home from Afghanistan. His marriage was on the rocks, his sports betting was out of control, and he was hanging out with the wrong cronies in Manhattan’s Little Italy—just another war hero who couldn’t piece his life ... read more
Currents: The Ables Book 3
Jeremy Scott
Set four years after the events of Strings, Currents finds the Ables gang about to start their second year at Goodspeed University. Phillip is struggling more than ever with anxiety and PTSD, and he continues to feel tremendous guilt over the loss of a friend. It’s haunting him. He’s having vivid nightmares, passing out frequently, and starting to question his role in the world. On top of all ... read more
The Final Drop: Billy Smith and The Goblins, Book 3
Robert Hewitt Wolfe
After being magically transported to another world with two other high school students, perennial outsider Billy Smith has become the unlikely king of a goblin civilization. With the help of his first day of high school crush, Lexi Aquino, now a powerful wizard, quarterback turned warrior Kurt Novac, and a cowardly but wily goblin named Hop, Billy has successfully repelled a human invasion of ... read more
The Colombian Lie: The Colombian Lie Series (Book 1)
Herrmann, Matt
The Survivor (Aces Book 3)
Harber, Cristin
Deadly Weapon (Jake Wolfe Book 5)
Nolan, Mark
Coach Lee Rose: On Family and Basketball
Rose, Lee, Rose, Eleanor, Carroll, Joe Barry
The Night the Doorbell Rang
Harris, Chalon J.
In the Orbit of Sirens (the Song of Kamaria Book 1)
Bruno, T. A.
Promiscuous Innovation: A New Model for Working in the Innovation Economy
Black, Elle Shelley
Evolving Elizah: Initiatum
Hall, C J
The Protector (Aces Book 2)
Cristin Harber
Jane Singleton stumbled her way into the perfect nannying job. She cared for the sweetest little boy, adding a sense of ordinary into the eccentric billionaire family—until the family is abducted.Chance Evans has a simple code. Do what's right and don't ask for trouble. Until the Thane family abduction, he'd never struggled with a mission... or found himself attracted to a woman he doesn't und... read more
Dylan has 83 reviews
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Communication & Punctuality
Another great collaboration! Dylan pays attention to detail and has great feedback to improve my novels.
Renee Pawlish, December 2022
Dylan Garity has the unique ability to see the big picture and also see the finest details, such as the placement of a comma to affect the pace of the narrative. His work not only helped to improve my novel, but also my own writing skills going forward.
STEVEN DECKER, November 2022
Our last collaboration was challenging. I had to slide my submission date several times. But Dylan accommodated each change. And the final results? A masterful copy edit that is now proudly published. ThanksDylan!
Brian Roberts, October 2022
So impressed with his work on book two of my series. Great at suggestions to help flesh out characters and make scenes come alive. Thanks!
Renee Pawlish, October 2022
A pleasure and looking to collaborate again.
John W. Nassivera, September 2022
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