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Elizabeth

Elizabeth 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Full-service editor with 20+ years experience. Specialising in fiction, including fantasy, crime & historical novels. On time and efficient!

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Parragon
  • Robert Hale, Ltd.
  • Hodder and Stoughton
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Elv

Elv 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Editorial consultant with 20 years’ publishing experience. I can help you shape your book, grow as a writer and create a great proposal.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Classics, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • OUP
  • Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
  • Scholastic
  • Simon and Schuster
  • Egmont
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Tom

Tom 5 star rating

London, UK

Professional editor/creative consultant with 18 years of industry experience, specialising in comics, graphic novels, and genre fiction.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Humor & Comedy, Comics Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Titan Comics
  • Titan Magazines
  • Self-employed
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Billi-Dee

Billi-Dee 5 star rating

London, UK

Collaborative and experienced editor formerly at Hachette UK. Specialising in romance, thriller and crime.

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

Work experience:

  • Bookouture, Hachette UK
  • Bad Form Review
  • Self-employed
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Karen

Karen 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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
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David

David 5 star rating

London, UK

Let’s get your story out there. I’m a novelist and editor who’s been teaching creative writing for 15+ years, with a specialty in memoir.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • University of Toronto
  • Toronto International Festival of Authors.
  • HarperCollins, Penguin Random House
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Eliza

Eliza 5 star rating

London, UK

Developmental editor, copy-editor and proofreader with 8 years of publishing experience. I love helping writers to become authors.

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • RCW Literary Agency
  • 4th Estate, HarperCollins
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Jamie

Jamie 5 star rating

London, UK

Editor with 10+ years experience. 1m+ copies sold of books I've edited. Helping you find the best words in the best order.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Trapeze Books
  • Penguin Random House Children's Books
  • Pan Macmillan
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Keith

Keith 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Nonfiction publisher (25 years) specializing in science; author of one nonfiction book, three scifi novels and many TV entertainment shows.

Genres: Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Math & Science, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, Physics & Chemistry, Entertainment, and Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Addison-Wesley/Pearson Education
  • Pergamon Press
  • Self-employed
  • Penguin Press
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Richard

Richard 5 star rating

London, UK

Novelist published by Penguin (US), Orion (UK), translated into 20 languages. Formerly senior non-fiction commissioning editor at Hachette.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Headline (Hachette UK)
  • Orion (UK), Penguin (US)
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Nicola

Nicola 5 star rating

London, UK

Editor and proofreader with 15+ years experience, specialising in cookery, biography, history, politics, current affairs, self-help, travel.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Preface Publishing, Random House
  • Profile Books
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Nina

Nina 5 star rating

London, UK

Creative, supportive and commercially minded editor. Formerly Penguin Random House/Hachette working on Amazon and Sunday Times bestsellers.

Genres: Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Bookouture, Hachette UK
  • Ebury, Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
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Kieron

Kieron 5 star rating

London, UK

I edit and write non-fiction about history and culture for adults and children.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Weldon Owen International
  • Amber Books Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Old Street Publishing
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Feyisara

Feyisara 5 star rating

London, UK

A pop culture enthusiast who edits memoirs, entertainment and self-help. Formerly at Hachette UK for over 3 years, shaping successful books.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Sex & Relationships, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Octopus Publishing Group
  • Headline Publishing Group
  • DK Publishing Group
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Claire

Claire 5 star rating

London, UK

Experienced non-fiction editor specialising in copy-editing and proofing travel, art, wildlife and family content. Lonely Planet, DK Travel

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Nature, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Lonely Planet
  • Dorling Kindersley
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Ebruba

Ebruba 5 star rating

London, UK

I edit bestselling and award-winning literary fiction, contemporary fiction, and SFF at a Big 5 publisher. I'm also a writer myself!

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, and Poetry.

Work experience:

  • Pan Macmillan
  • Onyx Magazine
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Kate

Kate 5 star rating

London, UK

Editor at Hodder & Hodderscape (Big 5) working on horror, thriller, SFF, women's fiction and crossover titles. Big horror nerd!

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Women's Fiction, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Hodder & Stoughton
  • Hodder Education
  • Edward Elgar Publishing
  • Cambridge Copy and Translation
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