Top 8 Freelance Manuscript Editors for Hire in London

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Elv

London, United Kingdom

Editorial consultant with 20 years’ publishing experience. I can help you shape your book, grow as a writer and create a great proposal.

Work experience:

OUP
Penguin Random House
Self-employed
Scholastic
Simon and Schuster
Egmont

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Classics, Middle Grade, Children's

Nicky

London, United Kingdom

Developmental editor specialising in women's commercial fiction, crime and thrillers. 20 years' experience. Book agent at WGM Atlantic.

Work experience:

Constable & Robinson
Headline Publishing Group
Transworld
The Orion Publishing Group
Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Legal Thriller, Dark Romance, Romance

Andrew

London, UK

Hugely experienced editor, non-fiction/ fiction: reads, pitching, proposals, edits, indexes, a link between authors and publication.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Duckworth Publishers
University of Westminster Press
Rough Guides
British Film Institute
Oxford University Press
Routledge
Croom Helm/Routledge
Bournemouth University

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Indexing

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Historical Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Music

Sasha

London, UK

Editor with 15 years of experience in a variety of subject areas, including politics, the environment, science, technology, and business.

Work experience:

Self-employed
The New Republic
HuffPost
The Guardian

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, Travel, True Crime

Parul

London, United Kingdom

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

Work experience:

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

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review

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

James

London, UK

Experienced, attentive editor. Specialist in culture and travel. The Guardian, Lonely Planet, Rough Guides, Culture Trip, Time Out.

Work experience:

Lonely Planet
Rough Guides
Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sports & Outdoors, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction

Elizabeth

London, United Kingdom

I am a freelance editor with over eighteen years experience. My skills include developmental editing, copy editing and proof reading.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Parragon
Robert Hale, Ltd.
Hodder and Stoughton

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Thriller & Suspense

Shari

London, UK

Editor and author of children's books and non-fiction, with 15+ years' experience editing for Penguin Random House, Hachette, DK and others.

Work experience:

Penguin Random House
Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Action & Adventure

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Hire the best developmental editors in London

You’ve finally finished your manuscript, and it’s been a long road getting this far. Congratulations – next up is the revision process, which might sound daunting, but is actually a gratifying experience, as you get to polish your draft into a literary gem.

However, whether you’ve written fiction or non-fiction, it can often be tough to spot your book’s potential “big picture” issues because you’re too close to the content. This is where a developmental editor comes in: someone who will look at your book from a bird’s eye view to ensure everything from the structure to character development and prose is all fine-tuned.

Working with a developmental editor is beneficial for all authors — but especially first-time authors who might not yet know what to keep an eye out for when going through the revision process.

So where can you find a great developmental editor in London? Right here on Reedsy. Reedsy is home to a diverse roster of editors based in London, some of whom have worked with bestselling authors like Stephen King and Neil Gaiman. Sign up and start browsing their portfolios today, or simply request a quote from an editor who looks like they could be your collaborative soulmate.

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