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Josephine

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
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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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Jenny

Jenny 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Experienced editor of writing for children and adults (fiction, non-fiction, picture books, novelties) through all stages of editing.

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

Work experience:

  • Hot Key Books
  • Walker Books
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Rachel

Rachel 5 star rating

London, UK

A reliable and highly proficient copy editor and proofreader, with 15+ years' experience from several of the UK's top publishing companies.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Orion Publishing Group
  • Little, Brown Book Group
  • Sage Academic Publishers
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Self-employed
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Claire

Claire 5 star rating

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

Melissa 5 star rating

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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Parul

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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Millie

Millie 5 star rating

London, UK

Expert editor with a strong list of prize-recognised titles, most recently Dominion, shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction.

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

Work experience:

  • Europa Editions UK
  • Little, Brown
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Rebecca

Rebecca 5 star rating

London, UK

Hello! I'm a diligent, friendly and reliable children's picture book editor working for a major London publisher.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Nosy Crow
  • Rowman and Littlefield
  • Hachette Children's Group
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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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Charlotte

Charlotte 5 star rating

London, UK

15+ years' experience as an editor and publisher. I am adept at writing, development editing, copyediting and proofreading.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Education & Reference, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Pearson
  • Rhinegold Publishing
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Jo

Jo 5 star rating

London, UK

Fiction and non-fiction copyeditor and proofreader, excited about genre fiction, history and YA. I also offer structural/development edits.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

  • Faber
  • Titan Books
  • RIBA Publishing
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Andrea

Andrea 5 star rating

London, UK

I'm a meticulous editor who currently works for Wonderbly, but spent several years editing mental health and wellbeing books at Trigger.

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Trigger Publishing
  • Trigger Publishing and Cherish Editions
  • Wonderbly
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Colm

Colm 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Freelance developmental editor, with a focus on thriller and contemporary fiction, memoir non-fiction, and LGBTQ+ writing.

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-Employed
  • RateSetter
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Anna

Anna 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I have 20 years' experience working on children's and YA writing at UK publishers including Hachette and HarperCollins.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Coming of Age, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Picture Books, and Social & Family Issues.

Work experience:

  • Octopus (Hachette)
  • Carlton Books
  • Orchard (Hachette)
  • Egmont
  • Self-employed
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Charlotte

Charlotte 5 star rating

London, UK

A former bookseller turned editor and literary agent, I specialise in childrens and commercial fiction. I love polishing raw literary gems!

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Business & Management, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Jo Unwin Literary Agency
  • Tibor Jones Studio
  • Tibor Jones
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Eve

Eve 5 star rating

United Kingdom

Previously Editorial Director for Hodder and Stoughton, at Penguin before that, I'm a fiction editor and author with lots of experience.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Cozy Mysteries, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House
  • Hodder & Stoughton, Hachette
  • Self-employed
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