The best developmental editors for hire near London

Jenny

London, United Kingdom

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Experienced editor of writing for children and adults (fiction, non-fiction, picture books, novelties) through all stages of editing.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Hot Key Books
• Walker Books

Anna

London, United Kingdom

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Award-winning editor and publisher with a near-obsessive eye and over twenty years experience in the industry.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Short Story, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• The Pigeonhole
• Random House
• Peters, Fraser & Dunlop
• Curtis Brown
• The Bookseller

Josephine

London, United Kingdom

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Experienced editor within various genres, including Mind Body Spirit, travel, cookbooks, and fiction (YA, women's fiction and thrillers).

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sex & Relationships, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Women's Fiction, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

• Duncan Baird Publishers and Watkins Publishing
• SPG Media
• Rogers, Coleridge & White Literary Agency
• Freelance

Julia

London, United Kingdom

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I am a highly-skilled professional editor and have worked with bestselling self-help, health and parenting authors for over 25 years.

Genres: Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Sex & Relationships, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Ebury Publishing, Random House UK
• Anubis Literary Agency

Parul

London, United Kingdom

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Professional editor with 10 years of experience at Random House, Quercus. Cofounder: London Writers' Salon. Genre: Thrillers, NonFiction, YA

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Middle Grade, Children's, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

• Random House
• Quercus/ now Hachette
• Cornerstones
• London Writers' Salon
• Eccles Fisher

Hannah

London, UK

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An award winning Publisher (Penguin Random House/ HarperCollins) I aim to work collaboratively to bring out the best in your manuscript!

Genres: Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Historical Romance, Espionage, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Historical Fiction, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

• Head of Zeus
• HarperCollins
• Bonnier Books
• Penguin Random House

Karen

London, United Kingdom

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Award-winning editor & publishing consultant. Launched bestselling series like Beast Quest. Specializes in adult, YA & children's fiction.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
• Working Partners
• Walker Books
• Scholastic
• Quarto

Andrew

London, UK

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Hugely experienced editor, non-fiction/ fiction: reads, pitching, proposals, edits, indexes, a link between authors and publication.

Genres: Technothriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Psychology, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Duckworth Publishers
• University of Westminster Press
• Rough Guides
• British Film Institute
• Oxford University Press
• Routledge
• Croom Helm/Routledge
• Bournemouth University

Ella

London, UK

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Editor specialising in science and speculative fiction. Former editor at Titan Books, where I edited SFF and tie-in fiction for TV and film.

Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Unbound
• Titan Books
• Watkins Books, Nourish Books, Datura Books
• Watkins Books & Nourish Books

Charlotte

London, UK

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15+ years' experience as an editor and publisher. I am adept at writing, development editing, copyediting and proofreading.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Education & Reference, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

• Pearson
• Rhinegold Publishing

Samuel

London, UK

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Supportive, experienced former literary agent for fiction, working sensitively with authors to make their novel irresistible.

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

• Blake Friedmann Literary Agency
• Blake Friedmann Literary Agency
• Elsevier

Celia

London, UK

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Fiction editor previously publishing bestselling and award-winning authors at Penguin Random House and Hachette.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Romantic Comedy, Action & Adventure, Coming of Age, Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and New Adult.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Orion Books, Hachette UK
• Transworld, Penguin Random House UK

Sikeena

London, UK

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I have twenty years of experience in developmental editing, copy-editing, and proofreading: both academic and non-fiction in the humanities.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, History, and Sociology.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
• ascent magazine

Victoria

London, UK

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Experienced editor, previously at Pan Macmillan and HarperCollins. Passionate reader of crime, thrillers, romance and historical fiction

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Pan Macmillan
• Constable & Robinson
• HarperCollins

Amelia

London, UK

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Editor in fiction, international relations, politics, development, academic writing and working with English as a second language.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• British Red Cross
• Save the Children UK

Emily

London, UK

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Collaborative development editor specialising in all things non-fiction. Worked with bestselling authors at Little, Brown and HarperCollins.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Entertainment, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting & Families, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Little, Brown
• HarperCollins
• Self-employed

David

London, UK

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An award winning editor with vast experience in publishing business books and magazines in the UK and US, as well as editing comedy fiction.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Short Story, Anthologies, Career Guides, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• LID Publishing
• Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association
• Humm Media
• Mark Allen Group