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

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

Karen

London, United Kingdom

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Award-winning editor & publishing consultant. Launched bestselling series like Beast Quest. Specializes in adult, YA & children's fiction.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
• Working Partners
• Walker Books
• Scholastic

Katy

London, United Kingdom

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A senior commissioning editor and content developer with ten years of experience in professional, educational and trade publishing.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Philosophy, Psychology, Writing & Publishing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

• Kogan Page
• Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
• Hodder Education
• Routledge/ Taylor and Francis
• Open University Press/ McGraw Hill

Donna

London, United Kingdom

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Fiction & non-fiction editor; over 20 years' experience including 'Big Five' (regular clients incl. HarperCollins, Penguin RH, Hachette)

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

Work experience:

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

Alicia

London, UK

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Freelance editor with Big Four experience specialising in horror, crime and romance genres. Let's finesse your book!

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Canelo, DK
• Canelo
• Self-employed

Ella

London, UK

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Editor specialising in science and speculative fiction. Former editor at Titan Books, where I edited SFF and tie-in fiction for TV and film.

Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Unbound
• Titan Books
• Watkins Books, Nourish Books, Datura Books
• Watkins Books & Nourish Books

Rob

London, UK

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I am an editor and project manager with 20 years' experience in illustrated non-fiction, specialising in popular science.

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

Work experience:

• Tall Tree Ltd
• Self-employed

Sydney

London, UK

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Perceptive writing coach & editor of novels and memoirs. With 13 years' experience, I'll help you hone your voice and shape your narrative.

Genres: Cultural & Ethnic, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

• Dalkey Archive Press
• Self-employed

Ingrid

London, UK

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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

Sarah

London, UK

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Non-fiction editor with 8+ years' experience, specialising in food & drink, mind body spirit, nature, gift and general reference.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Home & Garden, and Nature.

Work experience:

• Octopus Publishing Group, Hachette UK
• Ryland, Peters & Small
• HarperCollins Publishers

Nate

London, UK

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Non-fiction and fiction editor and proofreader, passionate about children's books and human-led STEM, mental health and LGBTQ projects.

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Titan Books
• Bonnier Books UK
• Eaglemoss Collections
• London South Bank University

David

London, UK

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Editor with ten years of professional experience working across literary fiction and non-fiction, formerly at Little, Brown UK.

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

Work experience:

• Little, Brown Book Group (UK)

Amy

London, UK

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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

Chris

London, UK

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Versatile copy editor with extensive experience spanning books, magazines and newspapers. Illustrated books a speciality.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Nature, Travel, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Geography, and Art.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• The Independent
• The Rough Gudes

Charlotte

London, UK

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Highly-skilled editor with 6+ years' experience creating bestselling, award-winning fiction and non-fiction for a Big Five publisher.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• John Murray Press | Hachette

Lauren

London, UK

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A passionate, devoted editor who adores storytelling and specialises in fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and cozy mysteries. Edits for Second Sky.

Genres: Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and Urban Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• SmashBear Publishing
• Joffe Books