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Amy

Amy 5 star rating

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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Amanda

Amanda 5 star rating

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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Amanda

Amanda 5 star rating

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

15+ years of experience. I edit poetry and prose to help authors' voices shine and let them tell the stories they're passionate about.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, and Poetry.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Now or Never Publishing
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Sugandha

Sugandha 5 star rating

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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Rebecca

Rebecca 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

Former-PRH bestselling editor with 10+ years' experience. Specialist in crime/thriller/suspense fiction. CURRENTLY CLOSED FOR NEW BOOKINGS.

Genres: Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Espionage, Medical Thriller, Action & Adventure, Legal Thriller, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

  • Cornerstone, Penguin Random House UK
  • Troubador Publishing Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Cornerstone, Penguin Random House
  • Cornerstone, Penguin Random house
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Tara

Tara 5 star rating

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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Renée

Renée 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

An editor with over twelve years of experience in book, magazine, and digital publishing. My "why": communicate, collaborate, create.

Genres: Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Contemporary Fiction, Themes & Motifs, Social & Family Issues, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • TouchWood Editions
  • Self-employed
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Jim

Jim 5 star rating

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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Richard

Richard 5 star rating

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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Lisa

Lisa 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

Award-winning editor and ghostwriter specializing in self-help and psychology. I help thought leaders find their voices and their audiences.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Inspirational, Business & Management, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Suzy

Suzy 5 star rating

Calgary, AB, Canada

Author. Editor. Book Coach. I share the hard to find skills writers need to break into the industry to reach their writing dreams.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Historical Romance, Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Writers Helping Writers (Authors of the Emotion Thesaurus and its Sequels)
  • When Words Collide Festival for Readers and Writers
  • She Writes Press/ Spark Press
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Victoria

Victoria 5 star rating

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Award-winning editor of books and magazines, 14 years at Harlequin. I specialize in romance novels: developmental and line edits.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Historical Romance, Contemporary Romance, Dystopian, Science Fiction, and Romantic Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Harlequin
  • Self-employed
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Michael

Michael 5 star rating

Hamilton, ON, Canada

Does your writing need fixing? Fiction, nonfiction, poetry--I can doctor the lot. 40 years of editorial healing under my belt.

Genres: Cultural & Ethnic, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Dr. Alison

Dr. Alison 5 star rating

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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Michelle

Michelle 5 star rating

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.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Mira Books, Harlequin/HarperCollins
  • Harlequin Enterprises
  • HarperCollins Canada
  • Knopf Canada
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Lola

Lola 5 star rating

Surrey, BC, Canada

Developmental editor specializing in literary fiction, short stories, and women's fiction. Loves works on women's and children's health.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Women's Fiction, Social & Family Issues, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Narrative Landscape Press
  • Editors Canada (Editors BC)
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Lisa

Lisa 5 star rating

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Non-fiction book editor. Nonprofit sector expertise. Editorial Director for various digital publications. MG fiction writer. Word nerd.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • The Hilborn Group / Hilborn ECS
  • Civil Sector Press / The Hilborn Group
  • Self-employed
  • Hilborn Charity eNews, published by The Hilborn Group
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