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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

Elv 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Editorial consultant with 20 years’ publishing experience. I can help you shape your book, grow as a writer and create a great proposal.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Classics, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • OUP
  • Penguin Random House
  • Self-employed
  • Scholastic
  • Simon and Schuster
  • Egmont

Elizabeth 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

I am a freelance editor with over eighteen years experience. My skills include developmental editing, copy editing and proof reading.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Parragon
  • Robert Hale, Ltd.
  • Hodder and Stoughton

Donna 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Fiction and non-fiction. 20 years' publishing experience (regular clients include HarperCollins, Penguin RH, Hachette, Pan Mac)

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

  • Harlequin UK Ltd
  • Little, Brown
  • Self-employed

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

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

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

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Creative children’s picture book editor with extensive publishing experience - guidance for new and seasoned writers and author/illustrators

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Little Tiger Group
  • Barefoot Books

Hugely experienced and skilled editor, proofreader and literary consultant, mostly in non-fiction and scholarly/academic fields

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Education & Reference, Travel, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Sociology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Experienced and well-qualified editor who loves working with authors, especially on popular/children's science, psychology and philosophy.

Genres: Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Math & Science, and Children’s Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Print and digital media
  • Science in School (at European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg)
  • Epigeum (Oxford University Press)
  • Duncan Baird Publising

Experienced non-fiction editor available for editorial consultation

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Math & Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Sports & Outdoors, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Weidenfeld & Nicolson

An award-winning editor specializing in thrillers, women's and SFF. Bookseller rising star with over ten years of editorial experience.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

  • Canelo
  • Bloomsbury Reader
  • Holdfast Magazine
  • Joffe Books
  • Rebellion Publishing
  • Orion Publishing
  • Solaris Books

Former HarperCollins editor and non-fiction specialist. Sounding-board and shaper of prose for authors with adventurous and complex ideas.

Genres: Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Nature, Music, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Life Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Self-employed

Tom 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Highly experienced academic and educational book editor, previously worked as Senior Book Production Editor for a leading publishing house.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Education & Reference, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • SAGE

Desk Editor with 5+ years in the industry, currently at Pan Macmillan. Send me a message - I’m happy to chat and see if I’m right for you!

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Poetry, Comics & Graphic Novels, Middle Grade Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Make Believe Ideas (Scholastic)
  • Pan Macmillan

Former publishing director and experienced editor. I work on books with Phaidon Press about design, as well as on football titles for UEFA.

Genres: Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Design, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • AB Publishing

Editor with a focus on Children's Education and Literacy through stories. Passionate about representation and accessibility.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, ELT, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, Young Adult, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Cambridge University Press
  • First Story
  • The Mic Magazine
  • John Blake Publishing
  • Self-employed
  • Global alumni
  • Global Alumni

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