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Maria 5 star rating

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

Charlie 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Book designer with expertise in typesetting, inner layout and cover design for art, culture and design publications.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Design, and Geography.

Work experience:

  • Currency Design
  • Restless Creative

Ehsan 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

An illustrator passionate about literature and visual arts who tries to convey words through illustrations.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, and Comics & Graphic Novels.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Hoorakhsh studios

Jess 5 star rating

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

Rachel 5 star rating

Lithgow NSW, Australia

Award winning publisher, author and educator with 20 years experience in ghost writing, resource writing and curriculum development.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Education & Reference, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Elsevier
  • Cengage
  • Sydney Symphony Orchestra
  • Word Travels
  • Currency Press

Garima 5 star rating

Adelaide SA, Australia

An editor with expertise in STEM editing (books, research papers, and theses). Worked for Macmillan, Elsevier, Springer, Cengage, AACR

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • MacMillan Publishing Services Ltd. (MPS Ltd.)
  • Aptara, Inc.
  • Thomson Digital

Andrew 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

With 90+ published books, turn your author dream into reality with ghostwriting and guidance from this bestselling author.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Legal Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Psychological Thriller.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Simon King

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Gabriella 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Non-fiction book editor and former publishing professional specialising in cookbooks, biography, history and self-help.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Murdoch Books
  • NewSouth Press (University of New South Wales Press)

James (JJ) 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Three decades of high level media experience, globally. Published author. Ghost/speechwriter for well known international figures

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sports & Outdoors, Entertainment, Sociology, Geography, Cultural & Ethnic, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self, Random Ax Media, Integrative Strategies, The Kick Project

Bradley 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

I love all that books are and all that they can be. As an experienced book cover + internals designer I delight in bringing books to life.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Simon & Schuster Australia

Emma 5 star rating

Sydney NSW, Australia

Non-fiction editor with 20+ years’ experience in non-fiction texts – from music biographies to memoirs to how-to guides.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Entertainment, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Music, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • NewSouth Publishing

Michele 5 star rating

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

Daniel 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

Accredited non-fiction editor with more than 40 published titles. Specialising in art, spirituality, well-being, history, science & ESL.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Religion & Spirituality, True Crime, Classics, Fiction, and DIY & Crafts.

Work experience:

  • Arcturus Publishing
  • Search Press

Angela 5 star rating

Melbourne VIC, Australia

I specialise in structural editing and advice. I'm experienced with crime/thrillers, hist fic, spec fic and literary. Former publisher.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Story, Thriller & Suspense, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Echo Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK

Daina 5 star rating

Brisbane QLD, Australia

I have enjoyed working as an editor, proofreader, and manuscript assessor for over twenty years.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Children's, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Allen & Unwin
  • Hardie Grant
  • Expert Editor
  • John Wiley & Sons

Laura 5 star rating

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

Jess 5 star rating

Newcastle NSW, Australia

I am an award-winning children’s author and ghostwriter who is adept at crafting compelling stories which resonate with kids and adults.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, and Picture Books.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Writer's Studio

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