The best book editors for hire near Reading

Julia

Reading, UK

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Meticulous proofreader and copy-editor with over 20 years' experience in illustrated non-fiction (including DK and Octopus Books).

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Home & Garden, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Health & Wellbeing, Design, and DIY & Crafts.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Dorling Kindersley (DK)
• Octopus Books
• Reed Books

Victoria

Reading, UK

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All-area editor for ten years, trad and indie-pub. I'll want to help you. Romance & Women's Fiction specialist. Immediate starts available.

Genres: Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Dark Romance, Romantic Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Coming of Age, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Freelance

Julie

Reading, United Kingdom

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I am an editor with over fifteen years’ experience working for three major houses across a broad spectrum of commercial fiction titles.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Pan Macmillan
• Pan Macmillan Australia

Heather

Reading, UK

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Over 20 years experience in non-fiction (self-help, cookery, memoir, MBS, business) and commercial fiction. I love to collaborate!

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Women's Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• RedDoor Press
• Pavilion (Anova)
• Virgin Books
• The Friday Project
• Hodder Education

Mary

Reading, UK

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Experienced proofreader and copyeditor. Linguistics and other arts/humanities subjects. Specific support for non-native English speakers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Marta

Reading, UK

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Line-editing specialist for non-fiction (academic and memoir). I perfect your prose for readers or agent/publisher submission.

Genres: Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Life Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, Health & Wellbeing, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Travel.

Work experience:

• Freelance
• CABI

Sarindar

United Kingdom

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Editor/Writer with more than 20 years of experience in educational publishing, magazines, technical and web.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Math & Science, Writing & Publishing, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Macmillan UK
• Multimedia Communications, Singapore
• Marshall Cavendish, Singapore
• Educational Publishing House, Singapore
• Horizon Knowledge Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Shing Lee Publishers Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Chacon Publishing Inc, Calgary, Canada
• Self-employed

Dick

London, United Kingdom

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Experienced London-based editor of fiction (novels, short stories), biography, art and culture.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Waltham Forest Council

Clare

London, United Kingdom

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A freelance copy-editor and proofreader specialising in cookery, craft and other lifestyle titles.

Genres: DIY & Crafts, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Cico Books
• New Holland Publishers
• Clare Sayer

Sandy

Hampshire, United Kingdom

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Sandy is a seasoned editor of non-fiction and fiction titles, and has been helping authors 'give birth' to their books for 20 years.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sex & Relationships, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Godsfield Press
• Tigerprint Limited
• Self-employed
• AA Publishing

Gareth

Oxford, United Kingdom

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UK-based copy editor and proofreader with 15+ years’ experience, specialising in fiction and narrative non-fiction.

Genres: Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

• Wiley
• Self-employed
• Unbound

Sarah

Lincoln, United Kingdom

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Senior Editor with 13+ years' experience. Specialist in Romance, Thrillers, YA, LGBTQ+ and Historical for both new and established authors.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Historical Romance, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Totally Entwined Group (Bonnier Publishing)

Louise

London, United Kingdom

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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

Anna

London, United Kingdom

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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

Kelly

Maryport, United Kingdom

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I have edited and proofread many non-fiction books for HarperCollins and Bonnier and I have also worked on memoirs for individual clients.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Education & Reference, Poetry, Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Lucy

London, United Kingdom

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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

Nicola

United Kingdom

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Copy editor and proofreader with experience in non-fiction books, arts and culture, biography, business, the environment and general history

Genres: Design, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Architecture, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Travel, Art, and Humanities & Social Sciences.