The best writing coaches for hire near Reading

Lucy

London, United Kingdom

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Editor with 9+ years experience developing projects for leading publishers, dedicated to guiding first-time authors.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Bloomsbury Publishing
• The Siren Press
• Watkins Publishing
• Pan Macmillan
• Hachette

Julia

London, United Kingdom

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I am a highly-skilled professional editor and have worked with bestselling self-help, health and parenting authors for over 25 years.

Genres: Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Sex & Relationships, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Ebury Publishing, Random House UK
• Anubis Literary Agency

Donna

London, United Kingdom

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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

Scott

London, United Kingdom

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Editor for 20+ years. Have worked on many award-winning and bestselling books. 200 five-star reviews and counting. Booked up till 2027.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• The Friday Project, HarperCollins
• Waterstones
• Oxford Brookes University
• Eye Books & Lightning Books
• Abandoned Bookshop

Anna

London, United Kingdom

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Award-winning editor and publisher with a near-obsessive eye and over twenty years experience in the industry.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Short Story, Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• The Pigeonhole
• Random House
• Peters, Fraser & Dunlop
• Curtis Brown
• The Bookseller

Miranda

Oxford, United Kingdom

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Supportive editor with a love of language and an eye for detail, with 10+ years of experience.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Parenting & Families, Nature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Richard

London, UK

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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)

Sonny

London, UK

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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

Lydia

London, UK

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Former agent and Audible commissioner of NYT Bestsellers with 12 years experience. All genres welcome, especially SFF and Historical!

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Historical Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, and Romantic Comedy.

Work experience:

• Audible UK
• Realm
• Carol Mann Agency
• Lydia Shamah

Sara

London, UK

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Developmental editor, formerly at Penguin Random House, Harper Collins and Bloomsbury, and published author.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Coming of Age, Young Adult, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Mills & Boon / Harlequin
• TOKEN Magazine
• Penguin Random House
• Penguin Random House Children's Books
• Bloomsbury

Richard

Whitstable, UK

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Author whisperer. I help people develop their books and other publications. How can I support your writing project?

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Various

Alexandra

London, UK

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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

NATALIA

Ilfracombe, UK

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Friendly book editor with over 25 years' worth of experience in the illustrated non-fiction book publishing industry: Trade and Academic.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Design, DIY & Crafts, Fashion & Textiles, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Photography.

Work experience:

• UniPress Books
• Ivy Books/Quarto
• Self-employed
• Ilex / Octopus
• AVA Publishing / Bloomsbury
• RotoVision SA / Quarto

Sara-Jade

London, UK

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An award-winning publisher and editor with over 23 years’ industry experience. I help romance authors achieve their goals.

Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Romantic Comedy, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• Simon & Schuster UK
• Self-employed

Becky

London, UK

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Senior Acquisitions Editor, PenguinRandomHouse. Ex Managing Editor for Bloomsbury and HarperCollins UK.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Bloomsbury
• Dorling Kindersley
• PenguinRandomHouse DK
• Penguin Random House

Mikaela

London, UK

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Experienced book editor (10 years at Penguin Random House). Respectful and supportive advice. Love a story I can sink my teeth into.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Nature, Non-Fiction, and DIY & Crafts.

Work experience:

• Harvill Secker, VINTAGE, Penguin Random House
• Penguin Random House
• Self-employed
• Harvill Secker, Vintage, Penguin Random House

Emily

Oxford, UK

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Ex-Penguin Random House, and a Big Five Editorial Director. 13+ years of editing and commissioning award-winning children's books.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Work experience:

• Hachette UK
• Penguin Random House
• Bloomsbury