17+ Best Book Editors for Hire near Toronto

Amanda

Toronto, ON, Canada

Former Big Five editor with NYT Bestseller titles and Forest of Reading nominees ready to help your manuscript shine!

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Romance, Christian Fiction, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Scholastic Canada
Harlequin
The Rights Factory Literary Agency
HarperCollins
Owlkids Books

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Jennifer

Toronto, ON, Canada

Copy editor and journalist with 10 years of experience in Canadian publishing. Interests: biographies, memoirs, self-help and well-being

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

INNOCEAN Canada Inc.
Torstar Corporation
Hamilton Spectator
Metro News
The Canadian Press
Toronto Life magazine

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Sugandha

Toronto, ON, Canada

Seasoned editor with a flair for visual storytelling in children's books, historical fiction, and contemporary and literary narratives!

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Picture Books, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and New Adult.

Work experience:

Primus Books
Macmillan Education

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Pauline

Toronto, Canada

Experienced copyeditor and proofreader interested in history, culture, and technology

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Technology, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

Wiley
Rakuten Kobo

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Tara

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Highly skilled developmental editor with an inquisitive style. Specialty: non-fiction. I help authors succeed and refine their craft.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel, Business & Management, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sociology, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Richard

Toronto, ON, Canada

Nonfiction editor. Former publisher of Red Deer Press and Senior Editor Fitzhenry and Whiteside. Dedicated to good writing for 20 years.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

Red Deer Press (Toronto)
Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Toronto
Freelance

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Jim

Toronto, ON, Canada

I am an award-winning non-fiction editor (HarperCollins, S&S) with hundreds of bestselling titles over 30 years. I am now a literary agent.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Psychology, True Crime, Writing & Publishing, Contemporary Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

SIMON & SCHUSTER CANADA
HARPERCOLLINS CANADA
Self-employed

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Lianne

Toronto, ON, Canada

Academic & nonfiction copy editor and proofreader specializing in research-driven, citation-heavy manuscripts.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Harlequin Inc.

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Tina

Toronto, ON, Canada

Meticulous editor with 15 years of experience in trad and self-pub. I will help your Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror shine!

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, and Space Opera.

Work experience:

Thomson Reuters Westlaw
Rising Action Publishing Co.

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Leah

Toronto, ON, Canada

Romance and contemporary fiction specialist with over a decade of editing experience.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, LGBTQ Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Horror, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

Harlequin Books
Self-employed
Word and Colour
Gravytrain
In/Words
MIRA Books

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Stephanie

Toronto, ON, Canada

Editor, proofreader, and indexer of fantasy and science fiction, textbooks, scholarly publications, and general nonfiction since 1999.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Toronto Metropolitan University (Ryerson) Publishing certificate program

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Ronan

Toronto, ON, Canada

Formerly an editor at a Big 5 romance imprint, I specialize in romance, fantasy, romantasy, and LGBTQ stories

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy, LGBTQ Fiction, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

Harlequin/Carina Press
The Bent Agency
Pippin Properties
Self-employed

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Dr. Alison

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Professional book editor (dev/copy, acquisitions) in SF/Fantasy, NF & Academic. | Experience with new/unpub. Authors.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Sociology, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Canadian Journal for Students in Higher Education
University of Toronto
First Tutors
Peter Lang
Peter Lang

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Michael

Toronto, ON, Canada

Nocturnal copy editor, proofreader, ebook formatter and human spell-checker. Freelancer who will work for Nutella.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Harlequin Enterprises, Ltd.
Toronto-based communications company

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Michelle

Toronto, ON, Canada

Developmental Fiction Editor with 10+ years in-house Big-5 experience editing debuts and bestsellers alike. Calendar full until 2027.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Time Travel, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Dystopian, and Psychological Thriller.

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