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Josephine 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

A reliable and highly proficient copy editor and proofreader, with 15+ years' experience from several of the UK's top publishing companies.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Action & Adventure, Contemporary Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Orion Publishing Group
  • Little, Brown Book Group
  • Sage Academic Publishers
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Self-employed

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

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

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

Crime and literary fiction editor specialising in developmental edits for Amazon best-sellers

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Saraband
  • Peepal Tree Press
  • Little, Brown Book Group
  • Bookouture

Keith 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Nonfiction publisher (25 years) specializing in science; author of one nonfiction book, three scifi novels and many TV entertainment shows.

Genres: Computers & Internet, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Math & Science, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, Physics & Chemistry, Entertainment, and Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • Addison-Wesley/Pearson Education
  • Pergamon Press
  • Self-employed
  • Penguin Press

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Fiction and non-fiction copy-editor and proofreader, passionate about genre fiction, history and YA.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

  • Faber
  • Titan Books
  • RIBA Publishing

Editor for award-winning, bestselling books that have great things to say. I don't edit with AI, or take on AI-generated work.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Skilled and creative editor with 15+ years' in non-fiction publishing, specialising in arts, culture, heritage, design and architecture.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Fashion & Textiles, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Antiques & Collectibles.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Christie’s Magazine
  • Kirsten Liese, Berlin-based journalist
  • Royal College of Art
  • Tate

Experienced non-fiction editor, copyeditor and proofreader, specialising in complex illustrated and text led titles.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Entertainment, Home & Garden, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Constable & Robinson
  • BBC Books, Ebury, Penguin Random House

Experienced book editor formerly @ HarperCollins and Little, Brown, working on a range of fiction including literary, commercial, crime + YA

Genres: Coming of Age, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins
  • Little, Brown Book Group

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

Non-fiction editor with 8+ years' experience, specialising in food & drink, mind body spirit, nature, gift and general reference.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Home & Garden, and Nature.

Work experience:

  • Octopus Publishing Group, Hachette UK
  • Ryland, Peters & Small
  • HarperCollins Publishers

Former acquisitions editor helping authors turn big ideas into brilliant nonfiction. 10+ years of experience + hundreds of books published.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, ELT, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Self-employed

A senior non-fiction editor and proofreader with ten years' experience in trade publishing

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Law, History, Entertainment, and LGBTQ Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Biteback Publishing
  • Alma Books

An editor and proof reader with over 30 years' experience. I work on all types of general fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Thriller & Suspense, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Victor Gollancz
  • Self-employed
  • Secker & Warburg

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