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Lesley 5 star rating

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

Holly 5 star rating

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

Lottie 5 star rating

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

Sabeena 5 star rating

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

Greg 5 star rating

Montreal, QC, Canada

Experienced writer, indexer, editor, and illustrator; DPhil, University of Oxford. Approved indexer for University of California Press.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Leander 5 star rating

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

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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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

Suzanne 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Former Children's Editor @ HarperCollins and author of seven books for young readers with more than a decade of editorial experience.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publisher LTD

Maya 5 star rating

Revelstoke, BC, Canada

Upbeat editor of fiction, from general fiction to literary work, children's writing, romantasy and beyond. Strict but kind!

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • South African Writers' College, online
  • University of Alberta Press
  • Oxford University Press South Africa
  • Oxford University Press UK

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

Broc 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

I love to work in literary genres. 20+ years in the biz / actively publishing author / former professor of creative writing

Genres: Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Writing & Publishing, Travel, Sports & Outdoors, Poetry, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Milkweed Editions
  • Self-Employed
  • Brooklyn Arts Press
  • Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
  • Emily Carr University of Art and Design
  • Macmillan Publishers

Jenna 5 star rating

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

Natalie 5 star rating

Ottawa, ON, Canada

I'm an editor, writer and post-secondary educator keen to work with authors of narrative works. | Novelist with HarperCollins Canada

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Algonquin College
  • Dappled Things Magazine
  • Northern Initiative for Social Action (NISA)
  • Booming Ground, UBC Creative Writing
  • University of British Columbia

Warren 5 star rating

Victoria, BC, Canada

A passionate, intuitive editor who thrives in pursuit of an author's best voice and will work tirelessly on their behalf.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

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

Margot 5 star rating

Toronto, ON, Canada

Let's make your story shine! 15+ years in-house experience. Formerly HarperCollins/Harlequin and Wattpad Books.

Genres: Holiday, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, and Time Travel.

Work experience:

  • Wattpad Webtoon Studios
  • Mira, HarperCollins
  • Mira Books, Harlequin/HarperCollins
  • Self-employed
  • Harlequin Books

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