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Karen 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Award-winning editor & publishing consultant. Launched bestselling series like Beast Quest. Specializes in adult, YA & children's fiction.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Little, Brown Books For Young Readers
  • Working Partners
  • Walker Books
  • Scholastic

Clare 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

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

Work experience:

  • Cico Books
  • New Holland Publishers
  • Clare Sayer

Emily 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

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

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

Work experience:

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

Professional editor/creative consultant with 18 years of industry experience, specialising in comics, graphic novels, and genre fiction.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Humor & Comedy, Comics Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Titan Comics
  • Titan Magazines
  • Self-employed

Editor with 10+ years experience in short fiction, literary fiction, novellas, and children's books. Let me help make every word count!

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Short Story.

Work experience:

  • Living Libraries
  • Suffragette Stories
  • Strangers Press
  • Egg Box Publishing
  • The Maine Review
  • Kitchen Table Quarterly
  • King’s College London

A former Penguin editor, I have worked on books by prize-winning authors and poets. I edit and consult on fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Anthologies, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Poetry.

Work experience:

  • Om Books International
  • Rupa Publications
  • Penguin Random House

Editorial consultant, copyeditor and book coach for lawyers, academics, clinicians, entrepreneurs and experts.

Genres: Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Business & Management, Law, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Mark Allen Group
  • ARK Group
  • Self-employed
  • Out-Spoken Press
  • Intersentia UK
  • Globe Law and Business
  • Yahoo

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Highly-skilled editor with 6+ years' experience creating bestselling, award-winning fiction and non-fiction for a Big Five publisher.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Romantic Comedy, Romance, Women's Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • John Murray Press | Hachette

20 years publishing experience in the industry. Loves working with stories and authors that speak to the human condition.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction, Entertainment, Non-Fiction, True Crime, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • OWN IT! Publishing Limited
  • ZED Books
  • Penguin Random House
  • Peters, Fraser and Dunlop Literary, Film and TV Agency
  • OWN IT! Agency Limited

Meticulous, friendly editor specialising in travel and history. Worked at the British Museum, Rough Guides and Lonely Planet, among others.

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Architecture.

Work experience:

  • Lonely Planet, London, UK
  • The British Museum, London
  • Rough Guides, London, UK

Editor and author with expertise in allied health and cultural history. A series editor for Elsevier, I'm also a trained historian.

Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Elsevier

Book editor with 20 years' experience in non-fiction, literary fiction, autobiography, history, travel, current affairs and biography.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Travel, Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • I.B.Tauris & Co. Ltd
  • Rough Guides
  • Self-employed

20+ years in non-fiction book editing. I offer full editorial reports, fact-checking. copy editing and proofreading.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Travel, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

10+ years editing content across the arts, humanities and social sciences for publishers including SAGE, Bloomsbury and Thames & Hudson.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Architecture, Design, History, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, Photography, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • Thames & Hudson
  • Lund Humphries
  • Bloomsbury Publishing
  • SAGE Publications

Crime and literary fiction editor specialising in developmental edits for Amazon best-sellers

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Saraband
  • Peepal Tree Press
  • Little, Brown Book Group
  • Bookouture

Editor with 15 years of experience in a variety of subject areas, including politics, the environment, science, technology, and business.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Technology, Travel, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The New Republic
  • HuffPost
  • The Guardian

An editor and proof reader with over 30 years' experience. I work on all types of general fiction and non-fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Thriller & Suspense, Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Nature, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Victor Gollancz
  • Self-employed
  • Secker & Warburg

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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.

Whether you’ve already worked with a developmental or copy editor, or enlisted beta readers, friends, and family to look over your book, you must have someone read your manuscript with the singular goal of proofreading. This involves looking out for spelling, grammar, punctuation, and consistency errors. And trust us, when the Amazon review section of your book is free from comments like “This book is riddled with typos,” you’ll be relieved you didn’t skip the proofreading step.

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