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Nira

Nira

London, United Kingdom

Senior Editor, looking to help fiction writers with their novels. My books includes New York Times and Sunday Times bestsellers.


Work experience:

  • Ebury, Penguin Random House UK
  • Icon Books, UK
  • HQ, HarperCollins UK

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Contemporary Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, African American Fiction, Humor & Comedy

Emily

Emily

London, United Kingdom

A Bookseller Rising Star and commercial fiction editor with 12 years editing experience at Penguin Random House, Hachette and HarperCollins


Work experience:

  • Quercus (Hachette UK)
  • Ebury & Del Rey (Penguin Random House)
  • Orion Publishing (Hachette UK)
  • Avon (HarperCollins)
  • Boldwood Books

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Fantasy, Historical Fiction

Shelley

Shelley

London, United Kingdom

Experienced commercially focused developmental editor (14+ years). Proven track record/success in YA, Women's Fiction, Thrillers/Suspense.


Work experience:

  • The Eve White Agency
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Mystery & Crime, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Espionage, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Technothriller

Clare

Clare

London, United Kingdom

A freelance copy-editor and proofreader specialising in cookery, craft and other lifestyle titles.


Work experience:

  • Cico Books
  • New Holland Publishers
  • Clare Sayer

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: DIY & Crafts, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits

Charlotte

Charlotte

London, UK

Experienced editor of illustrated adult non-fiction, specialising in all areas of visual culture, including exhibition and museum titles.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Thames and Hudson
  • Science Museum
  • Yale University Press

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, Fashion & Textiles, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Photography

Rebecca

Rebecca

London, UK

UK proofreader, editor and writer with 16 years of experience, specialising in adult and children's fiction, travel, memoirs and wellbeing.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Independent
  • Drapers
  • Weight Watchers Magazine
  • Children & Young People Now

Services: Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Contemporary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Travel, Middle Grade Fantasy

Jasmin

Jasmin

London, UK

First rate and insightful editor, strategist and proofreader for non fiction, driven by perfecting content without losing its essence.


Work experience:

  • Kogan Page
  • Thomson Reuters
  • Hodder Education (Hachette)
  • Palgrave Macmillan
  • CIPD Publishing
  • Sweet & Maxwell (Thomson Reuters)
  • Oxford University Press

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, New Age, Sports & Outdoors, Economics

Sikeena

Sikeena

London, UK

I have twenty years of experience in developmental editing, copy-editing, and proofreading: both academic and non-fiction in the humanities.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Aga Khan University Institute for the Study of Muslim Civilisations
  • ascent magazine

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, History, Sociology

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You’ve removed all plot holes, tightened up your prose, gone through several rounds of revisions, and feel like your manuscript is just about ready to hit the presses. But before you do, there’s one crucial part of the editing process left: proofreading.


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