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Jon
Cambridge, UK
Experienced freelance editor, copy-editor, and proofreader with a background in trade publishing. Politics/History.
Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Political Science & Current Affairs.
Work experience:
- Oneworld Publications
- Self-employed
Lisa
Cambridge, UK
A seasoned non-fiction editor with more than 30 years' experience in the publishing industry, 11 of which in-house before going freelance.
Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Biographies & Memoirs, Career Guides, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Photography, Travel, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Sage Publications (London EC2)
- Kluwer Law International (Wolters Kluwer plc) (London SW1)
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (London EC1)
- Cambridge Newspapers
- Hobsons Publishing PLC
Sophie
Cambridge, UK
Short Story Specialist. Experienced, award-winning writer, editor, tutor, and competition judge with a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing.
Genres: Short Story and Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
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Julia
Cambridge, United Kingdom
I am an editor and writer with a mission to make everything I work on the best it can be. I specialise in non-fiction and children's books.
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, and Education & Reference.
Work experience:
- Reader's Digest
- Macmillan Children's Books
- HarperCollins Children's Books
- Penguin Books, Ltd.
- Harcourt Education
- Orpheus Books
- Self-employed
Victoria
Cambridge, UK
Content editor at a major UK Academic publisher, specialising in Literature. Experience with humanities and STEM academic content.
Genres: Writing & Publishing, Non-Fiction, Anthologies, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Plays & Screenplays, Education & Reference, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Math & Science.
Work experience:
- Cambridge University Press
Elizabeth
Cambridge, UK
Experienced nonfiction editor with 10+ years editing international bestsellers; I specialize in tech, computing, STEM, and memoirs
Genres: Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Math & Science, Technology, Biographies & Memoirs, Fantasy, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.
Work experience:
- No Starch Press
- Oxford University Press
Charlotte
Cambridge, UK
Experienced editor and proofreader of academic content, fiction and non-fiction. Specialising in humanities, social sciences and STM.
Genres: Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Math & Science, ELT, Education & Reference, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Romance.
Work experience:
- Cambridge University Press
- Self-employed
- Cambridge Assessment
- CREAM Estate Agency Marketing
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Karen
London, United Kingdom
The Bookseller Rising Star. I edit adult, YA, children's fiction. My debut adult novel is publishing with Viking, PRH in 2024.
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
- Working Partners
Caroline
Durham, United Kingdom
A flexible non-fiction editor with an eye for detail and consistency. I make sure that the little things don't distract from the big things.
Genres: Mathematics & Statistics, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, and Technology.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Jim
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Drawing on more than 20 years of editorial experience, I offer proofreading and copyediting services. Let's work together.
Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Paranormal Romance, and Romance.
Work experience:
- Automobile Association
- Self-employed
Deborah
Bexley, Kent, United Kingdom
Crime/thriller, romance & literary fiction editing for indie authors and publishers
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, and Mystery & Crime.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Hannah
Oxford, United Kingdom
An editor with expertise in children's books, literacy and artwork design, I’ve worked with authors such as Julia Donaldson and Terry Deary.
Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Comics & Graphic Novels, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Comics Non-Fiction, and ELT.
Work experience:
- Pearson Plc
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Oxford University Press
- Hamilton Trust
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Camel Publishing Ltd.
- BBC
- Oxford Inspires
- Blue Tutors
- University of Oxford
- Forge Media, University of Sheffield
Sarindar
United Kingdom
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
Luke
North Shields, United Kingdom
Freelance copy-editing, proofreading and plain language support; working with publishers, businesses, charities, students and other writers.
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Music, Psychology, Entertainment, and Economics.
Work experience:
- Various voluntary organisations; Newcastle City Council
- Book publishers; County Durham, UK
- Self-employed
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.
Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Poetry, Anthologies, Classics, Middle Grade, and Children's.
Work experience:
- OUP
- Penguin Random House
- Self-employed
- Scholastic
- Simon and Schuster
- Egmont
Jackie
Hampshire, United Kingdom
Jackie has been editing and proofreading for more than twenty-five years; food, travel, fiction.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Contemporary Fiction.
Work experience:
- AA Publishing
- Self-employed
Emily
London, United Kingdom
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





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