The best developmental editors for hire near London

Elizabeth

London, United Kingdom

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Full-service editor with 20+ years experience. Specialising in fiction, including fantasy, crime & historical novels. On time and efficient!

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

Lucy

London, United Kingdom

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Editor with 9+ years experience developing projects for leading publishers, dedicated to guiding first-time authors.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Bloomsbury Publishing
• The Siren Press
• Watkins Publishing
• Pan Macmillan
• Hachette

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

Anna

London, United Kingdom

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Award-winning editor and publisher with a near-obsessive eye and over twenty years experience in the industry.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Short Story, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• The Pigeonhole
• Random House
• Peters, Fraser & Dunlop
• Curtis Brown
• The Bookseller

Rebecca

London, UK

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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

Thalia

London, United Kingdom

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Editor with over a decade's experience working with best-selling authors at Pan Macmillan and HarperCollins. I'd love to hear from you.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Health & Wellbeing, and Coming of Age.

Work experience:

• Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation
• HarperCollins
• Pan Macmillan
• The Dreamwork Collective

Salome

London, UK

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Fiction editor with 15+ years experience. Genres include fantasy - especially urban fantasy - historical fiction, and more. Friendly.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance, Romantic Suspense, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Time Travel, Science Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Military Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Ghostwoods Books
• Self-employed

Nira

London, United Kingdom

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Commercial editor helping authors turn ideas into books. Formerly Penguin Random House & HarperCollins with Sunday Times & NYT bestsellers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Inspirational, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Women's Fiction, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

• Ebury, Penguin Random House UK
• Icon Books, UK
• HQ, HarperCollins UK
• Quarto Publishing

susila

London, UK

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A thoughtful and insightful editor of children's books with 25+ years experience.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Action & Adventure, Middle Grade, Children's, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Faber and Faber
• A&C Black
• Scholastic

Julia

London, United Kingdom

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Experienced and meticulous non-fiction editor with a keen eye. Passionate about great books.

Genres: Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Sex & Relationships, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Ebury Publishing, Random House UK
• Anubis Literary Agency

Charlotte

London, UK

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Experienced editor of illustrated adult non-fiction, specialising in all areas of visual culture, including exhibition and museum titles.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, and Photography.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Thames and Hudson
• Science Museum
• Yale University Press

Kate

London, UK

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Editor at Hodder & Hodderscape (Big 5) working on horror, thriller, SFF, women's fiction and crossover titles. Big horror nerd!

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Women's Fiction, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Hodder & Stoughton
• Hodder Education
• Edward Elgar Publishing
• Cambridge Copy and Translation

Eliza

London, UK

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Developmental editor, copy-editor and proofreader with 8 years of publishing experience. I love helping writers to become authors.

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• RCW Literary Agency
• 4th Estate, HarperCollins

Darryl

London, UK

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Editor, literary agent, and published novelist with 20 years' experience, working across all genres of fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Travel, History, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Artellus Ltd
• Self-employed

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

Georgia

London, UK

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Editor at Award Winning London Literary Agency, Madeleine Milburn. 4+ years of experience. ST and NYT bestsellers. Commercial fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Madeleine Milburn Literary, TV & Film Agency
• Janklow & Nesbit
• Canongate Books
• Connell Guides
• Zest Media Group

Lok Yee

London, UK

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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, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

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