The best book editors for hire near Reading

Harriet

Reading, UK

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Respectful, encouraging editing of business and self-help | 15 years' experience in publishing | I'll help you connect with your readers

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Career Guides, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Oxford University Press
• Pearson
• Rhinegold Education

Marta

Reading, UK

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Expert copyeditor for life sciences, business, and memoir. Clear phrasing, consistent style, and publication-ready manuscripts.

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

Work experience:

• Freelance
• CABI

Eve

United Kingdom

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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

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

Josephine

London, United Kingdom

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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

Ameesha

Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Nonfiction book shepherd & editor of award-winning books that make the world a better place, including business, philosophy, & tech.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Technology, and Computers & Internet.

Work experience:

• Packt Publishing
• Self-employed
• Business Book Awards UK
• Storyterrace

Claire

London, United Kingdom

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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

Jenny

London, United Kingdom

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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

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

Tamsin

England, United Kingdom

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An expert in pairing words and pictures for internationally renowned institutions, galleries and publishers

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Antiques & Collectibles, Home & Garden, Philosophy, Design, Photography, and Architecture.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• National Portrait Gallery
• Phaidon Press

Jackie

Hampshire, United Kingdom

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Jackie has been editing and proofreading for more than thirty-five years; food, travel, fiction.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

• AA Publishing
• Self-employed

Martin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

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Editor with ten years experience of working on award-winning sports books such as Andrea Pirlo's autobiography, Pep Confidential & more

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Gaming & LitRPG, Fantasy, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• BackPage Press
• The Herald
• The Sunday Times

Deborah

Bexley, Kent, United Kingdom

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Crime/thriller, romance & literary fiction editing for indie authors and publishers

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Helen

United Kingdom

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15 years of in-house editorial experience specialising in children's fiction (MG, teen and YA). Previously Editor-at-Large for Hachette.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, New Age, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Hachette Children's Group
• Orion Children's Books
• Scholastic Ltd
• Columbia University

Tim

York, United Kingdom

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Experienced editor specialising in science fiction, horror, mystery and YA – offering assessments, structural editing and copyediting.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Short Story, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Action & Adventure, and Psychological Thriller.

Work experience:

• CGP
• Pearson
• Scholastic
• British Fantasy Society
• Self-employed

Katie

Cornwall, United Kingdom

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Over 25 years' experience in the publishing industry as a writer, editor and project manager – predominantly in children's non-fiction.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Geography, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• National Asthma Campaign (now Asthma + Lung UK)
• Aladdin Books Ltd

Parul

London, United Kingdom

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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