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A reliable, competent and professional researcher, editor and writer. I have years of experience on non-fiction projects.

Genres: Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Art, Education & Reference, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Life Sciences, Math & Science, and Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry.

Work experience:

  • Phaidon Press
  • Freelance

Helping you edit the book you were meant to write, not the one you were told to. Here for stories that defy norms.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Independent

Freelance editor with experience working at indie publishers. I'm passionate about underrepresented voices and authentic stories. She/her.

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, Poetry, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • The Emma Press
  • Banipal Books
  • Out-Spoken Press
  • Self-employed

With a passion for language and a meticulous eye for detail, I will help your work be the best it can be.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Humanities & Social Sciences, Romance, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Diligent editor with 8+ years of experience in the New York City publishing world. Lover of stories. LGBTQ+ writers to the front!

Genres: Plays & Screenplays and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Concord Theatricals
  • Samuel French
  • GO Magazine

Ex-Scholastic Commissioning Editor, proud to have worked on award-winning, best-selling children's and YA fiction. Usually hungry.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Floris Books
  • Scholastic Children's Books

Skilled editor and typesetter with almost twenty years' experience in the industry. I specialise in working with self-publishing authors.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Dark Romance, Romance, and Contemporary Romance.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Barrington Stoke
  • Canongate Books
  • Athena Press

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Sam 5 star rating

Edinburgh, UK

Dedicated children's editor & author: commercial experience for a bespoke service! Clients: Templar, Big Picture, Hot Key, Piccadilly, OUP.

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

Work experience:

  • Bonnier Books UK Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Urtext Ltd

Speculative fiction editor (YA & adult) for fantasy, horror, LGBTQ+ fiction. Big 5 experience; edited bestselling & award-nominated authors

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Paranormal Romance, and Romance.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Editor/Writer with more than 20 years of experience in educational publishing, magazines, technical and web.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Math & Science, Writing & Publishing, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Macmillan UK
  • Multimedia Communications, Singapore
  • Marshall Cavendish, Singapore
  • Educational Publishing House, Singapore
  • Horizon Knowledge Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore
  • Shing Lee Publishers Pte Ltd, Singapore
  • Chacon Publishing Inc, Calgary, Canada
  • Self-employed

Highly experienced Project Editor and Proofreader specialising in children's books and non-fiction books for primary education.

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Lion Hudon
  • Self-employed
  • Lion Hudson

Caroline 5 star rating

Durham, United Kingdom

A flexible non-fiction editor with an eye for detail and consistency. I make sure that the little things don't distract from the big things.

Genres: Mathematics & Statistics, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, and Technology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Josephine 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

Julie 5 star rating

Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Literary agent and editor. Books include bestsellers and prizewinners. Master’s degree in creative writing.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Dystopian, Science Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Birlinn Ltd

Anna 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

Donna 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Fiction and non-fiction editor; over 20 years' publishing experience (regular clients include HarperCollins, Penguin RH, Hachette, Pan Mac)

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Harlequin UK Ltd
  • Little, Brown
  • Self-employed

Parul 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

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

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