17+ Best Book Editors for Hire near London

Claire

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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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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Lisa

London, UK

With 20 years' experience in academic publishing, I specialise in translating complex information into engaging text that is a joy to read.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Physics & Chemistry, Math & Science, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Touch Group
Biba
Burson-Marsteller

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Sue

London, UK

Editor and award-winning author, 20+ years in UK and NZ publishing. Ex Dorling Kindersley and Pearson. Meticulous, fun and kind.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

Pearson
Dorling Kindersley (London, UK)
Self-employed

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Claire

London, UK

Children's books editor/writer with 30+ years experience at top publishers on fiction and non-fiction titles for all ages in many formats.

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

Work experience:

Self-employed
Macmillan Children's Books (Pan Macmillan)

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Melissa

London, UK

I am a children's book editor with over four years of experience, working on picture books/activity books all the way up to YA fiction.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Picture Books, and Coming of Age.

Work experience:

Little Tiger Press
Simon & Schuster Children's UK

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Anna

London, UK

A passionate editor and agent - I love urgent, useful, beautiful non-fiction, and escapist, twisty, fantastical fiction with heart.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

WME
Abner Stein
YMU

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Claire

London, UK

Experienced editor | 25 years of experience | Specializing in health (particularly women's health), self-help, parenting, and relationships

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Inspirational, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Royal College of Surgeons of England
Parent Zone
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
Touch Briefings
Elwin Street Productions
A&C Black (a division of Bloomsbury Publishing)
HarperCollins Publishers
Dibbly | The Urban Writers
HotGhostWriters
MDPI

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Amelia

London, UK

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

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Stuart

London, UK

Experienced copy editor and proofreader. Specializing in fiction of all kinds. Very fast turnaround. Endorsed by publishers.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

Cherry Publishing
Self-employed
Highlander Press
Digital Press
The Urban Writers
Hachette UK
Publish Central (Australia)
CamCat Books

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Kira

London, UK

Fiction editor with 7 years of experience in publishing. I specialise in proofreading and copyediting SFF, romance and literary fiction!

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Fantasy, and Dark Romance.

Work experience:

Orbit (imprint of Little, Brown Book Group)
Hodder & Stoughton
John Murray Press

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Millie

London, UK

Genre fiction, non-fiction and children’s book editor with 6 years' experience. Worked with Canelo, Pitch Publishing, Bedford Square & more.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Contemporary Romance, and Picture Books.

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