Helen Bilton

Helen Bilton – Editor

Indexer. Specialist in linguistics, social sciences, birth, parenting and children. Love biographies. Embedded or traditional indexing.

Overview

I'm a professional indexer with over ten years experience. I work on a wide range of subjects but particularly specialise in linguistics, social sciences, birth, parenting and children. Love working on biographies/ memoirs. I offer embedded indexing as well as traditional and enjoy exploring novel ways of indexing. Happy to offer advice on potential projects and provide quotes. Always meet deadlines.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Education & Reference ELT Health & Wellbeing Humanities & Social Sciences Parenting & Families
Certifications
  • Advanced Professional member of the Society of Indexers
  • MSc Information Science
  • MA Linguistics

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2004 — Present
Previously worked in information management but turned to freelance indexing when my first child was born. No intention of going back to employment - freelance life suits me. Have worked on hundreds of books over many years for a wide variety of clients including big publishers, indie publishers, authors, packagers, charities and companies.

Portfolio

This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structural and discoursal characteristics of varieties of English. Although it is widely recognised that pro... read more
Dialect Matters: Respecting Vernacular LanguageThis is a quite splendid piece of scholarship, warm and witty, wise and fascinating, masquerading as a newspaper column. You might be familiar with Peter Trudgill's EDP column, but bringing them together like this... read more

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