The best manuscript editors for hire near London

Clare

London, United Kingdom

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A freelance copy-editor and proofreader specialising in cookery, craft and other lifestyle titles.

Genres: DIY & Crafts, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Cico Books
• New Holland Publishers
• Clare Sayer

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

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

Billi-Dee

London, UK

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Commercial fiction editor supporting authors to shape ideas, strengthen narratives, and bring their books into readers' hands.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Chick Lit, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Bookouture, Hachette UK
• Bad Form Review
• 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

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

Pascal

London, UK

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Friendly non-fiction editor with ten years' experience developing projects, copy-editing and proof-reading at a top non-fiction press.

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

Work experience:

• Polity Books
• Self-employed

Sara-Jade

London, UK

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An award-winning publisher and editor with over 23 years’ industry experience. I help romance authors achieve their goals.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Simon & Schuster UK
• Self-employed

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

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

Lisa

London, UK

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With 20 years' experience in academic publishing, I specialise in translating complex information into engaging text that is a joy to read.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Physics & Chemistry, Math & Science, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Touch Group
• Biba
• Burson-Marsteller

Sarindar

United Kingdom

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Editor/Writer with more than 20 years of experience in educational publishing, magazines, technical and web.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Math & Science, Writing & Publishing, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Macmillan UK
• Multimedia Communications, Singapore
• Marshall Cavendish, Singapore
• Educational Publishing House, Singapore
• Horizon Knowledge Solutions Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Shing Lee Publishers Pte Ltd, Singapore
• Chacon Publishing Inc, Calgary, Canada
• Self-employed

Margaret

London, UK

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Hi there! I am a fiction and non-fiction editor based in London. Please feel free to reach out.

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

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House; HarperCollins Publishers UK

Soraya

London, UK

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A publisher with experience in trade, STM and self-publishing experienced in various editorial, production, and commissioning roles.

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Sex & Relationships, Parenting & Families, and LGBTQ Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Trigger Publishing
• Artech House Books

Ella

London, UK

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Editor specialising in science and speculative fiction. Former editor at Titan Books, where I edited SFF and tie-in fiction for TV and film.

Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Unbound
• Titan Books
• Watkins Books, Nourish Books, Datura Books
• Watkins Books & Nourish Books

Craig

London, UK

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Former HarperCollins editor and non-fiction specialist. Sounding-board and shaper of prose for authors with adventurous and complex ideas.

Genres: Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Nature, Music, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Life Sciences, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• HarperCollins Publishers
• Self-employed

Tom

London, UK

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Professional editor/creative consultant with 18 years of industry experience, specialising in comics, graphic novels, and genre fiction.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Humor & Comedy, Comics Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Titan Comics
• Titan Magazines
• Self-employed