17+ Best Freelancers for Hire in Australia

Julia

Sydney NSW, Australia

Helping authors bring their important message to the world by designing covers that SELL, through bold, colourful, impactful cover designs.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, Parenting & Families, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Mike

Sydney NSW, Australia

I’m a Creative based in Sydney Australia, with over 25-years experience in editorial and book publishing design.

Genres: Nature, Non-Fiction, and Travel.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Meredith

Brisbane QLD, Australia

Professional editor/proofreader with over 10 years of experience. Speculative fiction, post-apocalyptic, dark fantasy, spiritual/new age.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Dystopian, New Age, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

Aurora House
Self-employed
Upwork
M/C Reviews
Aurealis

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Joshua

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Digital Painter + Cover Designer for ✨Fantasy and 🚀SciFi - I read your manuscript and illustrate truly resonant covers - No AI

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Space Opera, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

Freelance

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Amanda

Sydney NSW, Australia

Creative and collaborative senior book designer and art director, 15 years experience with major children's publishers, covers/internals.

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Contemporary Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

Walker Books Australia
Scholastic Australia (Koala Books imprint)

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Daniel

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I am a professional illustrator with over 15 years experience in book and album cover illustration, my specialty is comic illustration.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Dystopian, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Children's.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Darren

Geelong VIC, Australia

I’m a specialist SF & Fantasy editor with more than 25 years of publishing experience including Gollancz, Orbit and Earthlight.

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Post-Apocalyptic, and Steampunk.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Victor Gollancz
Orbit

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Maria

Perth WA, Australia

Beautiful, growth-driven websites — from templates to bespoke designs, made to fit your goals and budget.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Design, Fashion & Textiles, and Home & Garden.

Work experience:

Mairoi Design
El Argentino
Self-employed

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Sam

Sydney NSW, Australia

Expert manuscript developer and editor. I specialise in literary fiction and nonfiction, and general / popular fiction and nonfiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Thriller & Suspense, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, and True Crime.

Work experience:

Brow Books
Self-employed
The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australia, The Saturday Paper
University of Melbourne, Deakin University, RMIT University, Victoria University

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Emily

Perth WA, Australia

Experienced translator with a strong interest in and passion for literature, working from German into English since 2006

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Pete

Perth WA, Australia

I'm a professional writer and editor who specialises in speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal romance) and thrillers.

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Comics & Graphic Novels, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Science Fiction, Travel, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

Self-employed

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Kelly

Sydney NSW, Australia

I build stylish, intuitive and easy-to-use custom SEO-focused Squarespace websites that will tell your story and sell your book!

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romantic Comedy, Romance, and Humor & Comedy.

Work experience:

Self-employed
Hachette Australia Books

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Rebecca

Coffs Harbour NSW, Australia

Using structural expertise and market insight, I work with Big 5, smaller publishers and indies to help make writing shine.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Romance, Literary Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

Self-employed
New Holland
WHSmith
Hachette and Curtis Brown

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Laura

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Got a sticky plot hole? Misbehaving characters? An old-fashioned case of 'why isn't this manuscript working'? Let's figure it out together!

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

Affirm Press

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Michele

Brisbane QLD, Australia

An editor of all genres, having worked for indie and trade publishing clients for 20 years, my expertise is developmental and copyediting!

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Coming of Age, Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Children’s Non-Fiction, Business & Management, and Children's.

Work experience:

Self-employed
University of Queensland Press
Macmillan Education Publishers
New Holland Publishers
Steve Parish Publishing

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Jess

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Editor and former Associate Publisher specialising in non fiction books including health, business and management, and personal development.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Women's Fiction, Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

Wilkinson Publishing
Self-employed

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Tara

Sydney NSW, Australia

I’m an illustrator with 10+ years of industry experience. Clients: Disney, Simon and Schuster, Penguin Random House, Macmillan, Del Rey.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, and Dark Romance.

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