Haley Weaver – Editor

With about 8 years of editorial experience working for two of the Big 5 publishers (Atria @ Simon & Schuster and Grand Central @ Hachette Book Group) and an additional 2 years of freelance editing (Woven Word Editorial), Haley is a meticulous and passionate editor with expertise in a wide range of genres, both fiction and nonfiction. She has current insider knowledge of the considerations that acquisitions editors discuss when deciding which projects to publish, as well as years under her belt working closely with manuscripts to hone them into award-winning, bestselling, and starred-review-receiving hits.

Haley has worked on numerous New York Times bestsellers, including massively successful novels like The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell, and The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley. In fiction, she has primarily focused on psychological suspense, thrillers, and women's fiction, but also has worked in mystery, literary fiction, speculative fiction, and general fiction.

In nonfiction, Haley has had the honor of collaborating on books with celebrities like Billie Eilish, Amber Ruffin, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hayley Mills, Robin Roberts, Mike Birbiglia, and Gabe Dunn. With experience in both practical and narrative nonfiction, she has worked on humor, memoir, health & wellness, business, self-help, biography, and essay collections. She has a particular interest in works with a social justice bent, as well as personal finance, untold histories, and LGBTQ+ stories.

In all genres, Haley is especially eager to work with writers of marginalized or traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, including disabled, BIPOC/multiethnic, minority faith, queer, polyamorous, or immigrant writers. She is an insatiable and unapologetic nerd as well as a thorough and diligent editor, and if that sounds like the right vibe for you, she would love to help you with your project, whether you are looking for a gut-check from someone with publishing insight on your work-in-progress, refining your manuscript to query agents, or looking to make sure it is polished and ready to self-publish!