The best manuscript 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

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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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

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

Sikeena

London, UK

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I have twenty years of experience in developmental editing, copy-editing, and proofreading: both academic and non-fiction in the humanities.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, History, and Sociology.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
• ascent magazine

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

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

Louise

London, UK

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As an experienced book editor and accredited coach, I will support, encourage and motivate you to achieve your writing and publishing goals.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Psychology, Travel, Business & Management, Architecture, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Team Media
• Various

Alicia

London, UK

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Freelance editor with Big Four experience specialising in horror, crime and romance genres. Let's finesse your book!

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Canelo, DK
• Canelo
• Self-employed

Elinor

London, UK

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Enthusiastic and supportive editor and author mentor. Previously Associate Literary Agent at Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency.

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency

Duncan

London, UK

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Non-fiction publisher with over two decades of experience in UK publishing for both corporate and award-winning independent publishers.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, True Crime, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• Palazzo Editions
• Little, Brown Book Group
• Constable & Robinson Ltd
• Quintet Publishing Ltd
• Self-employed
• Educational Support Services Trust
• St Mark's College, Sekhukhuneland, South Africa
• Atlas Exhibitions International

Rob

London, UK

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Literary Manager, Dramaturg, Theatre Maker and New Writing professional with 15+ years of professional experience supporting writers

Genres: Plays & Screenplays, Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• MarketPlace Arts
• Boundless Theatre
• The Bush Theatre
• The Arvon Foundation
• HighTide Festival Theatre

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

Jeylan

London, UK

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Commissioning and development editor. Bringing publishing house standards to business, marketing, technology and travel authors.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Technology, Travel, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

• Kogan Page

Laurel

London, UK

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An award-winning editor specializing in thrillers, women's and SFF. Bookseller rising star with over ten years of editorial experience.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Canelo
• Bloomsbury Reader
• Holdfast Magazine
• Joffe Books
• Rebellion Publishing
• Orion Publishing
• Solaris Books

Niall

London, United Kingdom

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I specialise in development editing of ambitious non-fiction. History, economics. business, 'big ideas'. Best-selling author and PhD.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Finance & Accounting, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• London School of Economics & University of Warwick
• Freelance
• ThinkWrite
• Economist Intelligence Unit

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