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Emily 5 star rating

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

Jenny 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

I have extensive experience in publishing - editing, proofreading, sub-editing and copy-editing - across books, comics and magazines.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Children's, LGBTQ Fiction, Science Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Titan Publishing

Passionate developmental editor, copyeditor, and proofreader with 6+ years experience in educational, ELT, academic, and trade publishing.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Education & Reference, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, and Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry.

Work experience:

  • Freelance
  • Agate Publishing

Need a companion for your fantasy quest? A copilot for your space adventure? Look no further for proofreading, copyediting, and copywriting.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Short Story, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Routledge
  • Quercus
  • Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus
  • Emirates Literature Festival

A 10-year track record at Hachette UK, editing Booker-nominated authors and Sunday Times bestsellers. Memoir, Lit Fiction, Crime/Thriller.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, Entertainment, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Quercus Books
  • Janklow & Nesbit UK
  • Profile Books
  • Penguin Random House UK

Experienced editor with 25 years of experience specializing in health (particularly women's), self-help, relationships, and parenting.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Parenting & Families, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, and Inspirational.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Parent Zone
  • Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG)
  • Touch Briefings
  • Elwin Street Productions
  • A&C Black (a division of Bloomsbury Publishing)
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Dibbly | The Urban Writers
  • HotGhostWriters

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Editor and pitch writer for fiction and personal memoir. I will shape your manuscript and offer guidance on how to get it published.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Romance, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Hachette
  • Penguin Random House

Former commissioning editor, now freelance. 15 years' experience working across genres but specialising in translated, literary and crime.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Nature, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Short Story, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Asymptote
  • Transworld
  • Freelance

10 years' experience copy-editing academic and general non-fiction titles, specialising in Middle Eastern and security studies.

Genres: Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Fashion & Textiles, History, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • The International Institute for Strategic Studies
  • Freelance
  • Transcultural Campaigning
  • The American University in Cairo Press

Currently editing at Penguin Random House. Editor, copyeditor, proofreader and writer specialising in children's books.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Walker Books
  • Pan Macmillan
  • Penguin Random House

Editor/Writer with 20+ years' experience in B2B research/analysis and thought-leadership, popular science books, board games, music.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Longitude Research

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

Experienced editor working in publishing for 18 years in a wide variety of genres, specialising in comic books and graphic novels.

Genres: Space Opera, Science Fiction, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Picture Books, Children's, Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Work experience:

  • Markosia Enterprises

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

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

Skilled editor with 10 years' experience in art books, prize-winning literary non-fiction, and children's. Author at Penguin/S+S.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Afterall
  • Thames & Hudson

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