Linda Epstein – Editor

Hi, I'm Linda (she/her). As a literary agent for over a dozen years I've excelled at developmentally editing my client's work and I'm proud to have worked on many books by Bill Konigsberg, Sarah Suk, M-E Girard, and others, both editorially and bringing them to market. I'm particularly passionate about getting books by marginalized writers onto bookstore shelves. I love working directly with writers so I teach online novel writing courses. As if all of that wasn't enough, I'm also the author of the middle grade novel, Repairing the World (Simon & Schuster, 2022) and co-author of the adult novel, The Other March Sisters (Kensington, 2025).

As someone who wears both hats––publishing professional and author––I know what it takes to get your manuscript in the best shape it can be. If you want honest, direct feedback from someone who is caring and compassionate, I'm the editor for you. I offer manuscript assessments, developmental editing (with and without margin notes), and editing of query letters. I have read thousands of query letters in my work as a literary agent, and I can help you make your query letter shine.

As of January 1, 2025 I won’t be available to take on longer or more complex projects for a while. I am still available for query help, picture book editing, first 10 pages assessment, and assessment and developmental editing of shorter manuscripts (less than 70k words). I’m hoping to be able to work on longer projects again later in the year.