The best developmental editors for hire near London

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Peter

London, UK

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Editor with six years' experience at Quartet Books, London, including two years as head of editorial

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Quartet Books

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)

Lisa

London, UK

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20 years' experience working on literature & nonfiction. Gentle & encouraging approach appreciated by first-time authors.

Genres: Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Law, Education & Reference, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Legal Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Free Association Books
• Marketwire
• Sourcebooks, Inc.

Eli

London, UK

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Experienced editor and literary agent with 10+ years of Big Five dealmaking and a record of commercial success across fiction and nonfiction

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Math & Science, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• The Curious Minds Agency
• United Agents

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

Cat

London, UK

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Fiction Editor of contemporary, historical, crime and thriller. Ex Penguin Random House Publishing Director and Hachette Associate Publisher

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Transworld, Penguin Random House
• Headline Publishing Group, Hachette UK
• Self-employed

Ian

London, UK

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Editor, writer and published author specializing in Art, Music, Movies, Literature and History. Pop culture, high culture - it's all me!

Genres: Antiques & Collectibles, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Computers & Internet, Education & Reference, History, and Music.

Work experience:

• Various
• Atlas Editions

Natalie

London, UK

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Award-winning writer and versatile editor working in genre fiction publishing. Especially interested in fantasy, poetry and women's fiction.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Poetry, Fantasy, Cultural & Ethnic, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Liverpool University Press
• Rowman & Littlefield International
• Sapere Books
• The Windows Project

Milly

London, UK

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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

Tallulah

London, UK

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Romance and commercial fiction editor with over six years experience working at Penguin Random House and Hachette.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Mashups, Contemporary Fiction, and Coming of Age.

Work experience:

• Hachette
• Penguin Random House
• Penguin Random House, Audio
• Self-employed