The best book editors for hire near San Francisco

Alice

San Francisco, CA, USA

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10 years specializing in copy-editing for academic non-fiction. Communication, depth, and precision for any manuscript.

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• Grammarly
• Stanford University
• Shmoop
• Russian Life Magazine

Carolyn

San Francisco, CA, USA

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I'm a health & wellness editor with 15 + years of experience developing profitable content & manuscripts that educate & engage readers.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Callisto Media
• Linkwell Health

Susie

San Francisco, CA, USA

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A veteran freelance copy editor for Oxford University Press, I have the experience and skills to give your manuscript a final polish.

Genres: Law, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Music, Religion & Spirituality, Art, Philosophy, and Psychology.

Work experience:

• Judicial Council of California
• Self-employed
• LexisNexis

Diana

San Francisco, CA, USA

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New York Times bestselling editor with 18 years of experience specializing in self-help, narrative nonfiction, wellness, and spirituality

Genres: Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Inspirational, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Sex & Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Parenting & Families, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

• Sounds True
• Simon & Schuster
• Diana Ventimiglia
• Hachette

Kathy

San Diego, United States

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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

Nicole

San Francisco, CA, USA

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I am an editor and project manager specializing in contemporary visual and performing arts, as well as art history.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Photography.

Work experience:

• Institute for Studies on Latin American Art (ISLAA)
• Self-employed
• Prompt

Katrina

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Copyeditor/proofreader specializing in memoirs, education, and computer science. Polishing up language while retaining the author's voice.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Computers & Internet, Education & Reference, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• No Starch Press
• Pearson Education
• Self-employed

Molly

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Editor and book coach specializing in memoirs and other nonfiction. I give detailed, encouraging edits and love making sentences sing!

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Edible Communities
• Various

Karrin

San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States

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Editorial professional for 12+ years, specializing in educational content and personal nonfiction. You write. I polish. You shine.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Weber Shandwick
• Bedford/St. Martin's
• AuntMinnie.com

Danielle

San Francisco, CA, USA

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I help thought leaders turn their big ideas into books.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Parenting & Families, Humanities & Social Sciences, Religion & Spirituality, New Age, Finance & Accounting, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• IBISWorld
• Pepperdine University

Andrew

San Diego, CA, United States

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Former Berkley Books editor of thrillers, mysteries, science fiction and fantasy, horror, and narrative and military nonfiction/history.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Company Name Redacted. Please contact through Reedsy for editorial service.
• Berkley Publishing Group, Donald I Fine, Inc, Dell, Avon and Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
• Scovil Chichak Galen Literary Agency, Inc.
• The Berkley Publishing Group

Michael

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Literary agent with 15 years of industry experience offering developmental editing, editorial assessment, and query workshopping.

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

Work experience:

• Veritas Literary
• Self-employed

Staci

San Francisco, CA, USA

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Developmental & copy editor for over a decade, including NYT bestselling authors. Especially love memoir, contemporary fiction.

Genres: Inspirational, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Contemporary Romance, Romance, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Broadleaf Books

Lourdes

San Diego, CA, USA

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Creative, collaborative editor, with more than 35 years of editing experience in publishing and journalism.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, African American Fiction, Anthologies, Cultural & Ethnic, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• University of California, San Diego
• Newsday
• Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• The Miami Herald
• Chicago Tribune

Taryn

San Jose, CA, USA

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~Query enthusiast~ Plot puzzle solver & character demystifyer. I'm here to enhance YOUR voice & vision. 10+ years in trad pub.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult, Picture Books, and Romance.

Work experience:

• The Quarto Group
• Disney Publishing
• Disney Creative Entertainment
• Self-employed
• Andrea Brown Literary, Movable Type Management, The Bent Agency
• KiwiCo

Annie

San Diego, CA, USA

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Award-winning children's book editor. Specialties include: picture books, fantasy world building, character development, and multiple POVs.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Picture Books, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Albert Whitman & Company
• Simon & Schuster
• Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Self-employed

Olivia

San Francisco, CA, USA

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I am a compassionate editor and project manger based in the Bay Area who is eager to bring your story to life!

Genres: Calendars, Non-Fiction, DIY & Crafts, Entertainment, Sex & Relationships, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Chronicle Books