17+ Best Book Editors for Hire near London

Josephine

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

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Nira

London, United Kingdom

Commercial editor helping authors turn ideas into books. Formerly Penguin Random House & HarperCollins with Sunday Times & NYT bestsellers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Inspirational, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Women's Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

Ebury, Penguin Random House UK
Icon Books, UK
HQ, HarperCollins UK
Quarto Publishing

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Anna

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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Louise

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, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Time Travel Romance, Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

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

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Emily

London, United Kingdom

A Bookseller Rising Star and commercial fiction editor with 12 years editing experience at Penguin Random House, Hachette and HarperCollins

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

Quercus (Hachette UK)
Ebury & Del Rey (Penguin Random House)
Orion Publishing (Hachette UK)
Avon (HarperCollins)
Boldwood Books

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Lucy

London, United Kingdom

Editor with 9+ years experience developing projects for leading publishers, dedicated to guiding first-time authors.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

Bloomsbury Publishing
The Siren Press
Watkins Publishing
Pan Macmillan
Hachette

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Sikeena

London, UK

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

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Elizabeth

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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Elinor

London, UK

Enthusiastic and supportive editor and author mentor. Previously Associate Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.

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

Work experience:

Self-employed
Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency

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Charlotte

London, UK

Experienced editor of illustrated adult non-fiction, specialising in all areas of visual culture, including exhibition and museum titles.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, and Photography.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Thames and Hudson
Science Museum
Yale University Press

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Alicia

London, UK

Freelance editor with Big Four experience specialising in horror, crime and romance genres. Let's finesse your book!

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

Canelo, DK
Canelo
Self-employed

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Louise

London, UK

As an experienced book editor and accredited coach, I will support, encourage and motivate you to achieve your writing and publishing goals.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Psychology, Travel, Business & Management, Architecture, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Team Media
Various

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Anthony

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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Laura

London, UK

Need a companion for your fantasy quest? A copilot for your space adventure? Look no further for proofreading, copyediting, and copywriting.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Story, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

Routledge
Quercus
Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus
Emirates Literature Festival

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Niall

London, United Kingdom

I specialise in development editing of ambitious non-fiction. History, economics. business, 'big ideas'. Best-selling author and PhD.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Finance & Accounting, and Math & Science.

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