The best proofreaders for hire near London

Elv

London, United Kingdom

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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

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

Sue

London, UK

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Editor and award-winning author, 20+ years in UK and NZ publishing. Ex Dorling Kindersley and Pearson. Meticulous, fun and kind.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Pearson
• Dorling Kindersley (London, UK)
• Self-employed

Melissa

London, UK

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I am a children's book editor with over four years of experience, working on picture books/activity books all the way up to YA fiction.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Little Tiger Press
• Simon & Schuster Children's UK

Claire

London, UK

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Experienced non-fiction editor specializing in health (particularly women's health), wellness, fitness, self-help, and parenting.

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

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

Stuart

London, UK

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Experienced copy editor and proofreader. Specializing in fiction of all kinds. Very fast turnaround. Endorsed by publishers.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Cherry Publishing
• Self-employed
• Highlander Press
• Digital Press
• The Urban Writers
• Hachette UK
• Publish Central (Australia)
• CamCat Books

Kira

London, UK

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Fiction editor with 7 years of experience in publishing. I specialise in proofreading and copyediting SFF, romance and literary fiction!

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Romantic Fantasy, and Dark Romance.

Work experience:

• Orbit (imprint of Little, Brown Book Group)
• Hodder & Stoughton
• John Murray Press

Vanessa

London, UK

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I've edited everything from Tom Clancy books to award-shortlisted thrillers to debut novels by authors publishing independently.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Historical Romance, Romance, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Technothriller, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Amelia

London, UK

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Editor in fiction, international relations, politics, development, academic writing and working with English as a second language.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• British Red Cross
• Save the Children UK

Rob

London, UK

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I am an experienced non-fiction editor working mainly within the arts, with a particular emphasis on pop culture.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Entertainment, and Music.

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Clifton

London, UK

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Meticulous, friendly editor specialising in travel and history. Worked at the British Museum, Rough Guides and Lonely Planet, among others.

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Architecture.

Work experience:

• Lonely Planet, London, UK
• The British Museum, London
• Rough Guides, London, UK

Keith

London, United Kingdom

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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

David

London, UK

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An award winning editor with vast experience in publishing business books and magazines in the UK and US, as well as editing comedy fiction.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Short Story, Anthologies, Career Guides, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• LID Publishing
• Association of MBAs and Business Graduates Association
• Humm Media
• Mark Allen Group

Francesca

London, UK

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Eagle-eyed editor (copy and developmental) with a passion for health and social care publishing, legal content and the humanities.

Genres: Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Business & Management, Law, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Mark Allen Group
• ARK Group
• Self-employed
• Out-Spoken Press
• Intersentia UK
• Globe Law and Business

Dan

London, UK

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History, politics, economics and general social sciences specialist with a long list of titles for the world's best publishers.

Genres: Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, Art, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Classics, Fiction, and Poetry.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• IB Tauris
• Thomson Reuters
• Bradshaw Books

Sasha

London, UK

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Editor and author with expertise in allied health and cultural history. A series editor for Elsevier, I'm also a trained historian.

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Elsevier

Sara

London, UK

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Meticulous editor and proofreader, with over a decade of freelance and in-house experience.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Young Adult, Political Science & Current Affairs, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Unbound
• I.B.Tauris
• Allison & Busby
• Self-employed
• Macmillan Education