17+ Best Developmental Editors for Hire near Montreal

Amy

Montreal, Canada

I want readers to love your book and live in your world, gripped by your words, desperate to keep reading.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Sabeena

Montreal, QC, Canada

Experienced editor specializing in the visual arts and culture with a passion for developmental editing, copy editing, and proofreading.

Genres: Design, Non-Fiction, Art, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

DC Moore Gallery
Self-employed

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Holly

Montreal, QC, Canada

Experienced editor driven by the goal to connect writers to their voices and readers to stories. Rigorous, thoughtful, committed, kind.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Health & Wellbeing, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Nature, Literary Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

Self-employed
McGill University
Caitlin Press
Simon Fraser University
NUVO Magazine
Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Inuit Youth Futures

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Jenna

Victoria, BC, Canada

Expert editor with a background in children's publishing, specializing in content that inspires young readers’ imaginations.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

Today's Parent Approved
Owlkids Publishing - Chirp, Chickadee, and OWL Magazines
Today’s Parent Magazine
The Ryersonian
Dandyhorse Magazine
Strathmore Times
McClung's Magazine

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Dan

Toronto, Canada

I have 20+ years of developmental editing and copy editing experience working with science fiction, fantasy, mystery, and literary fiction.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Mystery & Crime, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Time Travel, Science Fiction, and Dystopian.

Work experience:

Insomniac Press
Self-employed

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Laura

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Book coach and developmental editor specializing in romance novels. Twenty years of experience creating award-winning happily-ever-afters.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Suspense, and Time Travel Romance.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Harlequin

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Leander

Montreal, QC, Canada

Editor specialising in architectural monographs, histories, and ciriticism.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, and Design.

Work experience:

Canadian Centre for Architecture
Office of Adrian Phiffer

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Phil

Toronto, ON, Canada

Military veteran, PhD in Lit., editor. Specializing in memoir, history, military/historical/crime fiction shaped by conflict and the past.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Lottie

Montreal, QC, Canada

Editor and proofreader with 3+ years' experience at HarperCollins and an expert eye for detail! Keen on women's fiction and fantasy.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Short Story, Humor & Comedy, Romance, Fantasy, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

HarperCollins Publishers
Self-employed
Route 57 Creative Journal

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Lesley

Montreal, QC, Canada

Diligent developmental and copy editor of fiction and non-fiction. Specialities: literary fiction, non-fiction, and scholarly manuscripts.

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Short Story, Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, and Technology.

Work experience:

Montreal Review of Books
Manning Publications

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Dominic

Toronto, ON, Canada

20+ years' experience editing fiction (lit and mysteries), non-fiction (history, poli sci, bios, memoirs, finance, art), reports, web copy.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Political Science & Current Affairs, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Art.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Dundurn Press
Blue Butterfly Books

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Valerie

Toronto, ON, Canada

1 Writer, 1 Editor, 1 Great Book. Let me help you tell your story. 25 yrs of experience across all genres. Contact me to learn more

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

Harlequin Enterprises Ltd.

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Jenn

Vancouver, BC, Canada

*NOTE: Booking into 2027. Developmental, line, copy editor and mentor. Limited availability for short projects and 1:1 consults.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Suspense, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Penelope

Halifax, NS, Canada

Over two decades of editing bestselling, award-winning children's and adult fiction and nonfiction. Seasoned and brand new authors welcome.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Nature, Picture Books, Children's, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press
Uphill Books

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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.

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