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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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Scott

Scott 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Editor for 20+ years. Have worked on many award-winning and bestselling books. 190+ five-star reviews on Reedsy. Booked up till March 2026.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • The Friday Project, HarperCollins
  • Waterstones
  • Oxford Brookes University
  • Eye Books & Lightning Books
  • Abandoned Bookshop
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Louise

Louise 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Literary agent and Editorial Consultant with 15 years' experience working in publishing. Specialise in adult fiction.

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Time Travel Romance, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Zeno Agency Ltd
  • Pan Macmillan
  • Dorling Kindersley
  • Hannah Sheppard Literary Agency
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Claire

Claire 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Editor with 20 + years experience working with bestselling and award-winning authors - formerly Associate Publisher at Headline, Hachette UK

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Headline Publishing Group
  • Self-employed
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Anna

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
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Tom

Tom 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Highly experienced academic and educational book editor, previously worked as Senior Book Production Editor for a leading publishing house.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Education & Reference, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • SAGE
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Martin

Martin 5 star rating

London, UK

I have extensive experience in publishing - editing, proofreading, sub-editing and copy-editing - across books, comics and magazines.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Children's, LGBTQ Fiction, Science Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Titan Publishing
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Rob

Rob 5 star rating

London, UK

I am an experienced non-fiction editor working mainly within the arts, with a particular emphasis on pop culture.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, and Music.

Work experience:

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Anthony

Anthony 5 star rating

London, UK

Former publishing director and experienced editor. I work on books with Phaidon Press about design, as well as on football titles for UEFA.

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Design, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • AB Publishing
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Vicki

Vicki 5 star rating

London, UK

An editor and proof reader with over 30 years' experience. I work on all types of general fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Thriller & Suspense, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Victor Gollancz
  • Self-employed
  • Secker & Warburg
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Molly

Molly 5 star rating

London, UK

Magazine and book editor (worked at Monocle, ELLE Decoration, Country Living, Today's Quilter) specialising in travel, design and sewing.

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, and DIY & Crafts.

Work experience:

  • Monocle
  • Self-employed
  • Immediate Media
  • Hearst
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Ingrid

Ingrid 5 star rating

London, UK

Hugely experienced and skilled editor, proofreader and literary consultant, mostly in non-fiction and scholarly/academic fields

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Education & Reference, Travel, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sociology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Susie

Susie 5 star rating

London, UK

Award-winning author and former magazine editor. Offering developmental editing, copy editing, proofreading. Let's get your book published!

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Inspirational, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • EuroWeek Magazine
  • Billing Magazine; Unified Communications International Magazine
  • Mobile Communications Asia
  • Mobile Communications International
  • Self-employed
  • Dignity magazine
  • Historical Novels Review
  • Reedsy Discovery
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Louise

Louise 5 star rating

London, UK

Publishing professional with 10 + years of editorial experience. Romance, book club, thriller and mystery genres. UK market knowledge.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Holiday, Humor & Comedy, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
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Fritha

Fritha 5 star rating

London, UK

Highly experienced development and structural editor (non-fiction) with almost 20 years experience working in trade publishing.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Inspirational, Nature, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

  • Simon & Schuster Ltd.
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Tatiana

Tatiana 5 star rating

London, UK

Book editor with 20 years' experience in non-fiction, literary fiction, autobiography, history, travel, current affairs and biography.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Travel, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd
  • Rough Guides
  • Self-employed
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Alice

Alice 5 star rating

London, UK

Former Commissioning Editor at Penguin Random House with 11 years' publishing experience working across bookclub and literary fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Coming of Age, Short Story, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Transworld, Penguin Random House
  • Transworld, Penguin Random House
  • Transworld Ireland, Penguin Random House
  • The Lilliput Press, The Lisa Richards Agency, Freelance Proofreading and Editing
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