Elizabeth Lotito

Elizabeth Lotito – Editor

Professional editor with 10+ years experience developmental editing, copyediting, and proofreading both fiction and nonfiction

Overview

I served as an editor at a major book publisher for seven years and have also worked as an editor for technical and education materials as well as a communications manager. Together, I've spent more than a decade editing a wide variety of material. From broad developmental edits focusing on structure, pacing, and character, to sentence-level line edits for language and fluidity, to meticulous copyediting or proofreading for grammar, spelling, consistency, and formatting errors, I work with writers across genres to help shape the most beautiful, compelling, and polished version of the work.

During my time in publishing I acquired and edited both fiction and nonfiction, focusing primarily but not exclusively on mysteries & thrillers and memoir. I have edited books across genres, including contemporary fiction, women's fiction, romance, historical fiction, science fiction, mysteries, biography, and memoir, among others.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Health & Wellbeing
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction Historical Fiction Mystery & Crime Romance Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2016 — Present

St. Martin's Press

Aug, 2010 — Sep, 2017 (about 7 years)

Elizabeth has 5 reviews

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Gail C.

Gail C.

Dec, 2022

Elizabeth was wonderful to work with. Her suggestions and edits were spot on, and how she managed to catch even the smallest issues I don't know, but she did! The book reads so much better now and I couldn't be happier. Very much hope she will edit the next one!
Anna S.

Anna S.

Feb, 2021

Elizabeth went far above what I had contracted for, making the overall ms better.
Richard R.

Richard R.

Feb, 2021

Elizabeth did a superb and thorough job with a manuscript review. All of her insights (and there were tons) were useful. She dealt with a long and complicated plot overstuffed with characters all as if they were her own. Her suggestions and wisdom made the MS so much better and me a better writer. Very grateful for her efforts and I would absolutely work with her again if given the chance.
Nkengasong P.

Nkengasong P.

Feb, 2021

She was great to work with, and she completed the project within the deadline.
Nejib A.

Nejib A.

Sep, 2020

Elizabeth was very helpful and exceeded my expectations on the editing. I am very grateful for her insight and input into my writing project. She is thorough and insightful. I highly recommend her!

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