17+ Best Book Editors for Hire near Los Angeles

Carlyn

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Dedicated YA and Adult Contemporary, Romance, and Thriller editor. YA Author. Reader with over seven years of experience in NY publishing.

Genres: Romantic Comedy, Romance, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

CAKE Literary
141 Entertainment
TriadaUS Agency
The Bent Agency
Self-employed

View Carlyn's full profile

Christopher

Los Angeles, CA, USA

NYT #1 bestselling author, editor & book coach (Hachette, Penguin Random House). I'll help you write a gripping book of your own.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Business & Management, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Plays & Screenplays, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

AWOL Media, Inc.

View Christopher's full profile

Emma

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Dedicated, creative editor with an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and years of experience at a top New York City literary agency.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

McCormick Literary
The Iowa Writers' Workshop
Atheneum (a division of Simon & Schuster)

View Emma's full profile

Jesse

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Editor with a decade's experience working with best-selling and award-winning authors at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Europa Editions.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, African American Fiction, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Art, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Self-employed
NationBuilder
NY Book Editors
Europa Editions

View Jesse's full profile

Lauren

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Collaborative former Big 5 editor specializing in biography/memoir, mind/body/spirit, self-help, and women's fiction. Let's work together!

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Women's Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

Hachette Books
Tiller Press (S&S/Simon Element)

View Lauren's full profile

Nancy

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I have content edited, copy edited and proofread a variety of book genres including thrillers, romance, comedic, and contemporary fiction.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

MCA Publishing Rights, Universal Studio
Broadthink
NCJ Publishing Services, a division of Creative Projects Group

View Nancy's full profile

Danielle

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Hello! I'm Danielle, children's book author and picture book coach, editor, and teacher. My second language is children's books.

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

Work experience:

Self-employed
Writers Digest University

View Danielle's full profile

Julia

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I'm a former children's book publishing professional, specializing in editing children's and young adult fiction of all genres.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, and Children's.

Work experience:

Sheldon Fogelman Agency
Scholastic
Elizabeth Kaplan Literary Agency
Folio Literary Management

View Julia's full profile

Jamie

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Bestselling editor specializing in memoir, self-help, business, mind/body/spirit, and nonfiction w/ Simon and Schuster, Wiley, Shambhala...

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Sex & Relationships, Business & Management, and New Age.

Work experience:

Rise Books/Rise Writers
Row House Publishing
Spirit Bound Press

View Jamie's full profile

John

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Writer/editor with 10 years experience editing scholarly books and journal articles in literary studies, art history, and architecture.

Genres: Architecture, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, Poetry, and Fiction.

Work experience:

Large museum/cultural institution in Los Angeles
large museum/cultural institution in Los Angeles
Self-employed

View John's full profile

Elizabeth

Los Angeles, CA, USA

20+ year proofreader and copyeditor, incl. Disney Publishing and Hallmark Books. Fantasy, sci-fi, mystery/thriller, horror (Adult, MG, YA).

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Epic Fantasy, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Time Travel, Science Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience: