Overview
I care about the details. Do you need one last set of eyes on your manuscript before it goes to print? I'm your person. Ready to submit your manuscript to literary agents and want to make sure it's as polished as can be? I'm here for it. Whatever your copyediting and proofreading needs are, I'm ready to help. As an editor of the award-winning literary journal, THE SOUTHAMPTON REVIEW, I've worked with numerous authors, tailoring my edits to preserve and enhance the originality of the writing. I know how important voice is for telling a story and my editing philosophy takes into account a writer's individual style. My job is to make your work shine.Stories and essays I've selected and edited for the review have been featured in the PUSHCART PRIZE and BEST AMERICAN anthologies, as well as reprinted in published collections. I'm particularly keen to work with emerging writers to help them hone their craft. Two of my most recent projects were copyediting and proofreading Red Hen Press's 2020 Women's Prose Prize winning novel, THE HEALING CIRCLE (Red Hen Press, 2022) by Caroline Picard, and providing editorial feedback on THE CATCH (Random House, 2022), the debut novel by Alison Fairbrother.Authors whose work I've edited include: Meg Wolitzer, Susan Scarf Merrell, Rick Moody, Lore Segal, Billy Collins, Cornelius Eady, Amy Hempel, David Lynn, Lisa Locascio, Tiphanie Yanique, Roxane Robinson, Urusla Hegi, Katherine Faw, Sharon Olds, and Caitlin Mullen.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction
Literary Fiction
Short Story
Social & Family Issues
Languages
English (CAN)
English (UK)
English (US)
Awards
- Deborah Hecht Memorial Prize in Fiction, 2013
- Robert Watson Literary Prize in Fiction, 2011
Work experience
The Southampton Review
Jan, 2014 —
Dec, 2020
(almost 7 years)
Editor in chief, managing editor, and assistant editor at THE SOUTHAMPTON REVIEW, an award-winning literary journal. Copyedited and proofread both 192–256 page issues published each year. Did developmental editing for stories and essays in the early drafting stages.
Self-employed
Jan, 2021 —
Present
Copyedit and proofread novels, memoirs, and short story and essay collections from established and emerging authors.
Riverhead (PRH)
Jun, 2019 —
Present
Review submissions for an associate editor at the Riverhead imprint.
Riverhead (PRH)
Jun, 2019 —
Present
Provide editorial feedback for an associate editor on accepted manuscripts.
Stony Brook Southampton MFA Program in Creative Writing and Literature
Sep, 2016 —
Dec, 2020
(about 4 years)
Taught the fundamentals of editing and of publishing a literary journal to graduate students in the MFA program.
Portfolio
For fans of George Saunders and Karen Russell, an "amazing, wildly inventive" collection of stories that straddles the line between the real and the fantastical (Kevin Wilson). In The Wrong Heaven, anything is possible: bodies can transform, inanimate objects ... read more
Sixteen-year-old Jolene, named after the girl in the Dolly Parton song, is from a long line of lowlifes, but at least they're musical lowlifes. Her mother is a tanning-salon manager who believes she can channel her karaoke habit into a professional singing car... read more
A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and an NPR Best Book of the YearIn eleven sharp, surprising stories, Neel Patel gives voice to our most deeply held stereotypes and then slowly undermines them. His characters, almost all of who are first-generation... read more
In a world of pagan traditions and deeply rooted love, a girl in jeopardy must save her family and community. A transporting historical novel by New York Times–bestselling author Cathy Marie Buchanan.It’s the season of Fallow, in the era of iron. In a northern... read more
NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY NPR“Amy Jo Burns writes a version of Appalachia that is one step removed from magic – all strychnine and moonshine and powerful wonder.”—NPR “[A] wrenching testament, told in language as incandescent as smoldering coal. . . This is... read more
