Garima Sharma

Garima Sharma – Editor

An editor with expertise in STEM editing (books, research papers, and theses). Worked for Macmillan, Elsevier, Springer, Cengage, AACR

Overview

I am an editor with over 13 years of experience in editing, proofreading, content writing and managing various digital resources and publications. I have primarily worked with esteemed publishers like Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Springer, McGraw-Hill, Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Cengage, Intellect and American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). Besides, I have a masters degree in biotechnology and an MBA in finance and marketing. Therefore, this educational blend makes me competent for writing, editing, and proofreading the scientific content from a wide array of subject areas.


Currently, I am also working with an education consulting company based in Singapore and China, wherein I coach students through their process of grad school admission process, helping them draft application essays, SOPs, resumes, and career essays. In addition, I edit and proofread essays and resumes per the guidelines of the target university/college. To date, I have worked on the profile of almost 100 students, most of whom have gained admission in reputed colleges and universities around the world such as Imperial College London, King's College London, Oxford University, Cambridge University, University College London, London School of Economics, Brock University (Canada), Yale School of Management, Guelph University (Canada), Cornell University, Simon Fraser University, USC Viterbi School of Engineering, UC Berkeley,Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, EHL (Switzerland), and so on.


Regarding my academic editing experience,I have a profound experience of working on books and journals adhering to the Chicago Style, APA, AMA, and various reference formatting styles such as Harvard, Vancouver, the years, I have edited/proofread content from all domains like Scientific, Humanities, Technical, Medical, and Management.


Finally, reading is my passion, which makes editing a fun and exciting job. I am committed to the projects I take up and ensure that my clients receive a highly qualitative service.

Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management Education & Reference Health & Wellbeing Math & Science
Languages
English (AUS) English (CAN) English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Feb, 2016 — Present

At Vocabulix, I look after editing of medical and scientific content for publishers like McGraw-Hill and Springer, content development and content writing for various overseas clients, training and guiding overseas students in the grad school admission process, substantive editing of academic content, especially research papers, for non-native authors, and tutoring IELTS aspirants by creating relevant tutorials and correcting their practice tasks.

MacMillan Publishing Services Ltd. (MPS Ltd.)

Jun, 2014 — Jul, 2015 (about 1 year)

In this role, I edited and managed scientific and technical books for publishers like McGraw-Hill (Professional and Technical), Cengage and Springer. In addition, I edited and managed non-fiction humanities content for London-based publisher “Intellect.”

Aptara, Inc.

Sep, 2012 — May, 2014 (over 1 year)

I handled editing of scientific and mathematical journals for publishers like Taylor & Francis (UK, US, and Informa), Cambridge University Press, Wiley, and AACR.

Thomson Digital

Jun, 2008 — Aug, 2012 (about 4 years)

The work involved handling manuscripts submitted by authors both in MS-WORD and LATEX formats.

Portfolio

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How do audiences experience live performances? What is gained when a national theater is born? These questions and more are the subject of Locating the Audience—the first in-depth study of how... read more
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Highlighting the challenges faced by a nascent national cinema with limited resources, Passion of the Reel provides an in-depth analysis of the output of the Cameroonian film industry. Jean-Ol... read more
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Most ethnographers don’t achieve what Kevin Brown did while conducting their research: in his two years spent at a karaoke bar near Denver, Colorado, he went from barely able to carry a tune t... read more
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This comprehensive graduate textbook focuses on the full spectrum of long-term care settings ranging from family and community based care through supportive housing options to a variety of ins... read more
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Theatre for Youth Third Space is a practical yet philosophically grounded handbook for people working in theater and performance with children and youth in community or educational settings. P... read more
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A quick reference to the management of pain for specialists as well as general medical practitioners and residents. Written in a concise bulleted format, the content is limited to only the ess... read more
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Governing Visions of the Real traces the emergence, development, and techniques of Griersonian documentary—named for pioneering Scottish filmmaker John Grierson—in New Zealand throughout the f... read more
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Arts Integration in Education is an insightful, even inspiring investigation into the enormous possibilities for change that are offered by the application of arts integration in education. Pr... read more
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"This semester I will be teaching a new undergraduate social work elective at Lehman that is about aging policy. I had searched for months for a book thatwould be appropriate for this course. ... read more
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"This book provides insight and guidance for expert nurse clinicians transitioning to nurse educators, with an emphasis on teaching in a clinical setting. Concepts are illustrated with rich ex... read more
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Accu... read more
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Escapism to Adventure (For Non-Adventurers).Does the geographic cure actually work? Through a fast-paced journey of saying yes to the unfamiliar, pack your bags and set out into the world with... read more
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Written in conversational style, this book will help you comprehend the Fourier analysis and its myriad forms, such as DFT, DTFT, CTFT etc. as never before. Our goal in this book is to help yo... read more
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Cutt... read more
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Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Spee... read more
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Leila D.

Leila D.

Aug, 2023

I had the pleasure of working with Garima Sharma on my book, and I must say that her expertise in development editing and editing truly shone through. Garima's attention to detail, insightful feedback, and dedication to enhancing the flow and coherence of the book were impressive. Her suggestions were invaluable in refining the flow. Additionally, her timely communication and professional demea...
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Daniel B.

Daniel B.

Mar, 2022

Garima is always there to help me with all my questions and concerns.
Daniel B.

Daniel B.

Mar, 2022

Garima is always helpful with any editing or proofreading issue I may have.
Garima S.
Always a pleasure to work with Daniel. Looking forward to more such collaborations.
Daniel B.

Daniel B.

Jan, 2022

Garima was very punctual, responsive and thorough editing my 80,000+ word science book. I can only recommend.
Garima S.
Thank you for your review, Daniel. It was great working with such an informed and professional client like you. Hope to collaborate with you in future. Good luck!
Tanya T.

Tanya T.

Mar, 2021

Garima was extremely easy to work with and helped us with our first book and we thought we could write ok !! Would highly recomend Garima.
Garima S.
Thank you for such great feedback. Working with you was amazing as well. Would really like to collaborate with you again.

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