The best developmental 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

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

Jenny

London, United Kingdom

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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

Parul

London, United Kingdom

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Professional editor with 10 years of experience at Random House, Quercus. Cofounder: London Writers' Salon. Genre: Thrillers, NonFiction, YA

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Random House
• Quercus/ now Hachette
• Cornerstones
• London Writers' Salon
• Eccles Fisher

Claire

London, UK

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Children's books editor/writer with 30+ years experience at top publishers on fiction and non-fiction titles for all ages in many formats.

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Macmillan Children's Books (Pan Macmillan)

Melissa

London, UK

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I am a children's book editor with over four years of experience, working on picture books/activity books all the way up to YA fiction.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Picture Books, and Coming of Age.

Work experience:

• Little Tiger Press
• Simon & Schuster Children's UK

Millie

London, UK

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Expert editor with a strong list of prize-recognised titles, most recently Dominion, shortlisted for the 2026 Women's Prize for Fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Europa Editions UK
• Little, Brown

Fritha

London, UK

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Highly experienced development and structural editor (non-fiction) with almost 20 years experience working in trade publishing.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Inspirational, Nature, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Sex & Relationships.

Work experience:

• Simon & Schuster Ltd.

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

Anna

London, United Kingdom

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I have 20 years' experience working on children's and YA writing at UK publishers including Hachette and HarperCollins.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Fantasy, Middle Grade Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Coming of Age, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Picture Books, and Social & Family Issues.

Work experience:

• Octopus (Hachette)
• Carlton Books
• Orchard (Hachette)
• Egmont
• Self-employed

Jo

London, UK

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Fiction and non-fiction copyeditor and proofreader, excited about genre fiction, history and YA. I also offer structural/development edits.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Faber
• Titan Books
• RIBA Publishing

Britt

London, UK

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Bestselling author, journalist (Guardian, Observer, Vogue, Daily Beast +other mags) + editor specialising in non-fiction, travel, adventure.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Travel, Coming of Age, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Thriller & Suspense, and True Crime.

Work experience:

• Simon & Schuster
• The Guardian, Observer, Condé Traveller, Harper’s Bazaar, the Sunday Times, Travel + Leisure, the Independent, the Metro, Marie Claire, Wanderlust and Billionaire magazine
• FST Publishing
• Centurion Publishing
• Ink Publishing
• TIME INC
• Self-employed
• Green Guides publishing

Charlotte

London, UK

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15+ years' experience as an editor and publisher. I am adept at writing, development editing, copyediting and proofreading.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Education & Reference, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

• Pearson
• Rhinegold Publishing

Katie

London, UK

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Literary Agent with 4+ years experience across SFF, YA, Children's and Graphic Novels. I love plot-driven stories with commercial hooks.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Young Adult, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Bright Agency
• Bright Agency
• Graham Norton Book Club for Audible

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

Charlotte

London, UK

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A former bookseller turned editor and literary agent, I specialise in childrens and commercial fiction. I love polishing raw literary gems!

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Contemporary Fiction, Business & Management, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Jo Unwin Literary Agency
• Tibor Jones Studio
• Tibor Jones

Victoria

London, UK

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Experienced editor, previously at Pan Macmillan and HarperCollins. Passionate reader of crime, thrillers, romance and historical fiction

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Pan Macmillan
• Constable & Robinson
• HarperCollins