The best copy editors for hire near London

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

Emily

London, United Kingdom

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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

Billi-Dee

London, UK

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Collaborative and experienced editor formerly at Hachette UK. Specialising in romance, thriller and crime.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Chick Lit, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Bookouture, Hachette UK
• Bad Form Review
• Self-employed

Katie

London, UK

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10 years' experience copy-editing academic and general non-fiction titles, specialising in Middle Eastern and security studies.

Genres: Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Fashion & Textiles, History, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• The International Institute for Strategic Studies
• Freelance
• Transcultural Campaigning
• The American University in Cairo Press

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

Shari

London, UK

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Editor and author of children's books and non-fiction, with 15+ years' experience editing for Penguin Random House, Hachette, DK and others.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House
• Self-employed

Lucinda

London, UK

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20+ years in non-fiction book editing. I offer full editorial reports, fact-checking. copy editing and proofreading.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Travel, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Aly

London, UK

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Food, travel, literary + YA fiction, and mental health editor. Worked at SAGE, Phaidon, TripSavvy, Narrative Magazine, and Red Hen Press.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Poetry, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, New Adult, Young Adult, Humor & Comedy, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Short Story.

Work experience:

• SAGE Publications
• Narrative Magazine
• Phaidon Press
• Jiwar Creation and Society (Barcelona) and Takt Kunstprojektraum (Berlin)
• Red Hen Press
• Self-employed

Stephanie

London, UK

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16+ of experience in the children's publishing industry, editing and copy-editing. Feel free to get in touch to discuss your project.

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Carlton Kids Publishing, London, UK

Milly

London, UK

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Literary agent at Colwill & Peddle, editing and representing a dynamic list of authors of fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Nature, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Colwill & Peddle
• Jo Unwin Literary Agency
• First Story

Nina

London, UK

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An accomplished non-fiction editor with four years of experience at Hachette UK, confident working across a range of genres.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Entertainment, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Travel.

Work experience:

• Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Hachette UK
• Quercus, Hachette UK

Arabella

London, UK

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I'm an editor specialising in fantasy, wellness, and progressive stories. I love helping authors publish stories close to their hearts.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Epic Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• LID Publishing
• The Chicken House
• Self-employed
• Panoma Press

Bryony

London, UK

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I'm an editor, proofreader and writer with over 16 years’ experience, specialising in non-fiction and fiction children’s books.

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

Work experience:

• Evans Books
• Buster Books
• Carlton Children's Books
• Welbeck Children's Books
• Self-employed

James

London, UK

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Experienced, attentive editor. Specialist in culture and travel. The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Culture Trip, Time Out.

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, Comics & Graphic Novels, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Lonely Planet
• Rough Guides
• Self-employed

Evie

London, UK

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Hello! I am an editor & project manager with over 7 years' experience in shaping non-fiction books. I’d love to hear about your project.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, Photography, and Home & Garden.

Work experience:

• Thames and Hudson
• Volume
• Whitechapel Gallery
• Cohere
• Self-employed

Diane

London, UK

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I edit books on leadership, psychology, self-development and wellbeing. I am also a qualified psychotherapist and life coach.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Inspirational, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
• PCCS Books
• Trinity Laban Dance and Music Conservatoire
• Creative & Cultural Skills
• The National Gallery, London
• Routledge (Taylor & Francis Books)
• Self-employed

Kerry

Hove, United Kingdom

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An experienced editor, writer and publishing professional with 20+ years' experience of copy editing, development editing and proofreading.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Travel, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Architecture, Humanities & Social Sciences, Young Adult, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Yes Educational Centre
• Marvel Comics
• Egmont Fleetway
• Panorama Holiday Group
• Pavilion Publishing
• Pavilion Publishing and Media
• Self-employed