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Former Editor-in -Chief of Solaris and Abaddon Books. Over twenty years’ experience in publishing. Specialising in SF, fantasy, and horror.

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Time Travel, and Post-Apocalyptic.

Work experience:

  • Rebellion Publishing Ltd
  • Lion Hudson Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Taylor & Francis

I'm a writer and editor specialising in literature for adults and children. Clients include Scholastic, National Literacy Trust and OUP.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Experienced copyeditor and proofreader. Professional, affordable and quality-oriented. Adept at humanising your AI content. Get in touch!

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Hodder Education

An experienced and empathic editor, teacher and author with 20 years publishing experience. Let me help you bring your book to market.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Photography, Writing & Publishing, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Oxford Brookes University, UK
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Tate Publishing, London
  • Ruskin College, Oxford

An insightful editor for sci-fi, fantasy, and horror, from developmental to line and copy-edit. Commissioning editor for Solaris Books.

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Space Opera, Science Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Solaris Books, Rebellion Publishing

Experienced proofreader and copyeditor formerly employed at OUP and Routledge. Interested in work in any subject, field or level of English.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • The Pertinent Press
  • Oxford University Press
  • Motion Placements Ltd
  • Taylor and Francis Group
  • CRC Press/Taylor and Francis
  • Taylor and Francis Journals
  • Kogan Page
  • Strategic Agenda

Anne 5 star rating

Oxfordshire, Oxford, UK

Freelance Cookery/Food Copy Editor and Proofreader with extensive experience and expertise, working with authors, chefs and publishers.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Prestige Group UK Plc (Surrey, UK)
  • Slimming Magazine (London, UK)
  • Midlands Electricity Board (Oxfordshire, UK)

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Andrew 5 star rating

Oxfordshire, Oxford, UK

I help business leaders and subject experts just like you publish professional non-fiction books.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Management, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Hawker Publications
  • The Right Book Company

I have six books in 17 languages. Edited 250+. I'm clearsighted, considerate and affordable. I love authentic voices and powerful tales.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Parenting & Families, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House; Little, Brown; Watkins Publishing
  • Oxford University
  • Oxfordshire Mind, the Mental Health charity
  • Amber Hatch

Selena 5 star rating

Preston, United Kingdom

Highly experienced proofreader and copy-editor of healthcare/biomedical, academic, business and miscellaneous subjects at competitive rates.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Education & Reference, and Life Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • I.M.S. Health (now IQVIA)
  • Elsevier Science (Pergamon Press)

Copy-editor and proofreader. Trained in-house at Pearson and Michael O'Mara books. Specialises in non-fiction.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Children’s Non-Fiction, ELT, Travel, Political Science & Current Affairs, Parenting & Families, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Longman (now Pearson)
  • Michael O'Mara Books
  • Vision in Business and EMAP
  • Qatar Olympic Committee
  • Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar
  • Freelance

Caroline 5 star rating

Durham, United Kingdom

A flexible non-fiction editor with an eye for detail and consistency. I make sure that the little things don't distract from the big things.

Genres: Mathematics & Statistics, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, and Technology.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Tamsin 5 star rating

England, United Kingdom

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

Jenny 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

Hannah 5 star rating

Oxford, United Kingdom

An editor with expertise in children's books, literacy and artwork design, I’ve worked with authors such as Julia Donaldson and Terry Deary.

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

Work experience:

  • Pearson Plc
  • Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
  • Oxford University Press
  • Hamilton Trust
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Camel Publishing Ltd.
  • BBC
  • Oxford Inspires
  • Blue Tutors
  • University of Oxford
  • Forge Media, University of Sheffield

Jude 5 star rating

United Kingdom

Multi award writer and Editor with a Masters in Writing (Distinction). Published since 2004 - Collins, Hodder, Pearsons and more.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Kelly 5 star rating

Maryport, United Kingdom

I have edited and proofread many non-fiction books for Hachette and HarperCollins, and 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

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