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Karen 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Award-winning editor & publishing consultant. Launched bestselling series like Beast Quest. Specializes in adult, YA & children's fiction.

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
  • Walker Books
  • Scholastic

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

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

Donna 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Fiction & non-fiction editor; over 20 years' experience including 'Big Five' (regular clients incl. HarperCollins, Penguin RH, Hachette)

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Harlequin UK Ltd
  • Little, Brown
  • Self-employed

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

Genre fiction, non-fiction and children’s book editor with 6 years' experience. Worked with Canelo, Pitch Publishing, Bedford Square & more.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Contemporary Romance, and Picture Books.

Work experience:

  • Sweet Cherry Publishing
  • Self-employed
  • Toil & Trouble Literary Magazine

Novelist published by Penguin (US), Orion (UK), translated into 20 languages. Formerly senior non-fiction commissioning editor at Hachette.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Sports & Outdoors, Thriller & Suspense, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Headline (Hachette UK)
  • Orion (UK), Penguin (US)

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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

Tom 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Highly experienced academic and educational book editor, previously worked as Senior Book Production Editor for a leading publishing house.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sociology, Education & Reference, and History.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • SAGE

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

Copy editor, journalist and writer with over 12 years of editing experience. Former magazine Editor, MA Creative Writing graduate, Birkbeck

Genres: Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Travel, Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • MIR Online
  • Songlines Magazine
  • World Music Network
  • Musika
  • Self-employed

I work on wellbeing, self-development, mind, body, spirit - everything health and lifestyle related! I'm also a registered nutritionist.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, New Age, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Sex & Relationships, Parenting & Families, and Home & Garden.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Octopus/Hachette
  • Penguin Random House

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

Editor with 8+ years working on picture books, short stories, and fiction for publishers including Pan Macmillan and Scholastic.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Short Story, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, and Middle Grade Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Make Believe Ideas (Scholastic)
  • The Hiring Academy
  • Routledge
  • The Short Fiction Journal (online)
  • Macmillan Children's Books

Editor with 15 years of experience in a variety of subject areas, including politics, the environment, science, technology, and business.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, Travel, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The New Republic
  • HuffPost
  • The Guardian

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

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

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
  • MDPI

Freelance editor with years of experience at trade publishing house. Can undertake all aspects of editing and give clear, supportive and col

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Quercus Editions Ltd
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