The best developmental editors for hire in Ireland

Elaine

Dublin, Ireland

Editor with over 10 years experience working on children's books for Bloomsbury and Hachette, I am creative with a passion for great stories

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

Hachette Children's Group
Bloomsbury Children's Books

Richard

Cork, Ireland

Professional editor with extensive experience across a wide range of fiction genres and memoir, specialising in developmental editing.

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

Work experience:

Self-employed
Amazon

Simon

Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland

Freelance editor with thirty years' experience helping authors to say what they want to say in fiction and creative non-fiction.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Nature, and Plays & Screenplays.

Work experience:

Self-employed

Tom

Dublin, Ireland

Creative and award-winning children's editor of 25+ bestselling books. I champion independent authors to help them achieve their goals.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult, Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Education & Reference, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade, Gaming & LitRPG, Fantasy, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

Farshore
Weldon Owen
Wherever There Is Water
Self-employed

Don

Dublin, Ireland

Editor for Routledge. Author of 'Kinesis' (2024). I work on fiction and non-fiction research. Qualified (CIEP) and experienced (12 yrs).

Genres: Nature, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Cultural & Ethnic, Fiction, Physics & Chemistry, Math & Science, Art, Economics, and History.

Work experience:

Self-employed

Ellen

Kilkenny, Ireland

Illustrated non-fiction, art and photography editor with almost ten years of in-house experience.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, History, Travel, Comics Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Children’s Non-Fiction, Design, Photography, and Architecture.

Work experience:

Phaidon Press
Long March Space, Beijing

Colm

Dublin, Ireland

I provide editing and assessment for manuscripts at all stages of development. I specialise in literary fiction, short stories and memoirs.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, and Historical Fiction.

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