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Michael 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

Eight years' experience working with best-selling and first-time authors alike for Penguin and others. Specialties: SF/fantasy, horror.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, True Crime, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Biographies & Memoirs, Mystery & Crime, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Sara 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

I have 30 years' experience as a copy editor and proofreader, with 50+ titles on Amazon's "New Hardcovers" list. Retired from Random House.

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Crime, Romance, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Apollo Publishers
  • Counterpoint Press / Seal Press / Softskull / Avalon
  • Random House
  • Hearst Corporation
  • Condé Nast
  • Sourcebooks Landmark / Poisoned Pen Press

Melissa 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

Seasoned cookbook and recipe editor passionate about making sure recipes are clear, accurate, and ready for publication.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Nature, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Oxmoor House Books (Cooking Light magazine)
  • Men's Health magazine (Rodale/Hearst)
  • Hood River Eats

Experienced content developer and developmental editor.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • ASCD
  • Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
  • Houghton Miffling Harcourt Publishing Company
  • University of Central Florida

Sally 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

Agent-turned-publisher with decades of experience--mainly in children's lit. Experienced with the general market and the Christian market.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Fantasy, Picture Books, Children's, Middle Grade, and Christian Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Udemy

Lisa 5 star rating

Nashville, United States

I'm a twenty-year veteran in Christian publishing, specializing in gift/coffee table books, devotionals, and trade books.

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Thomas Nelson Publishers (Harper Collins)

Brittany 5 star rating

Rye, United States

Experienced cookbook editor and proofreader with a background in nonfiction publishing.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Nature, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • Cider Mill Press Book Publishers
  • Book Passage Bookstore
  • Saint Mary's College of California
  • MARY: A Journal of New Writing
  • The Music Hall

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Georgette 5 star rating

Carmel, IN, United States

I'm a freelance editor and proofreader who's committed to helping authors produce the best work possible for their audiences.

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Picture Books, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • Scholastic Reading Counts!

Kathryn 5 star rating

Chicago, United States

Experienced developmental book editor specializing in parenting books as well as children's PB, MG and YA fiction.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Parenting & Families, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Sourcebooks, Inc.
  • American Academy of Pediatrics
  • The Purcell Literary Agency
  • Entangled Publishing
  • Author Claudia Gray

Jamie 5 star rating

Atlanta, GA, USA

Detailed and approachable editor with in-house experience at a children's trade publisher, focusing on middle grade, YA, and romance.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

  • The Knight Agency
  • Peachtree Publishing & Holiday House
  • Forbes Travel Guide
  • Self-employed

Deborah 5 star rating

Woodstock, United States

I have over 20 years' experience editing popular nonfiction and fiction, with a recent focus on psychology, philosophy, and current affairs.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Philosophy, Psychology, Economics, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Communication Initiative
  • Freelance
  • Alan Bernhard Creative Enterprises (ABCE)

Sandra 5 star rating

Omaha, United States

Skilled nonfiction book editor and book coach in business, true crime, self-help. Get from idea to published. I love first-time authors.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Southeast Community College
  • Self-employed
  • Metropolitan Community College

Julie 5 star rating

New York, United States

Seasoned copyeditor and proofreader, supporting authors of high-quality fiction and nonfiction. (Helping authors look good since 1993).

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Open Road Integrated Media
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Disney Publishing Worldwide
  • HarperCollins Children's Books
  • Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books
  • HarperCollins Publishers, HarperPaperbacks and HarperPrism
  • Self-employed

Sarah 5 star rating

Saint Paul, United States

Editor with 17 years of experience helping independent authors with their how-to, finance, and sci-fi manuscripts. Limited availability.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Science Fiction, Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Fantasy, and Career Guides.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Kathy 5 star rating

San Diego, United States

Freelance copyeditor and proofreader offering 25 years of experience in scientific and educational publishing

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Nature, Action & Adventure, Classics, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Education & Reference, Science Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Academic Press (Elsevier Science/Harcourt)
  • Academic Press
  • Brian F. Smith and Associates (Archaeologist)
  • Converse Consultants West
  • Cajon Valley, Mountain Empire, and Palm Middle Schools
  • Self-employed

Susannah 5 star rating

Barre, VT, United States

Friendly, supportive editor at Macmillan for 25 years. Teacher of editing. Favorite genres are women's fiction, memoir, historical fiction.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Wiley-Blackwell
  • nSight
  • Vermont College of Fine Arts
  • Maponics (Pitney Bowes)
  • Clariant Creative Agency
  • Union Street Media Interactive
  • Self-Employed
  • Editorial Arts Academy
  • St. Martin's Publishing Group, Macmillan Publishers

Paul 5 star rating

New York, United States

Contemporary fiction, romance, YA, plays, memoirs & cookbooks are my specialties. Clients: Amazon, Simon & Schuster, Kensington.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Contemporary Fiction, and LGBTQ Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Editing Company
  • Simon & Schuster
  • Diner Journal
  • Kensington Publishing

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