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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!

Alicia 5 star rating

Boston, United States

Editor with 10+ years' experience in content development, copy editing, and proofreading. Avid learner & lover of the written word.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Career Guides, Non-Fiction, Technology, Anthologies, Classics, Writing & Publishing, Education & Reference, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Macmillan Learning
  • Bedford/St. Martin's
  • Brown University
  • Grey Line Entertainment
  • O'Reilly Media

Stephanie 5 star rating

New York, NY, United States

Former HarperCollins Publishers and Delacorte Press acquisitions editor, specializing in mind-body-spirit. Award-winning indie clients.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, New Age, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Delacorte Press, Bantam Doubleday Dell
  • Self-employed

Katie 5 star rating

New York, NY, United States

Nonfiction editor with an intuitive knack for storytelling & published author who has seen the industry from every possible angle

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Amazon Publishing
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Book of the Month
  • William & Park
  • Audible
  • Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House

Perrin 5 star rating

Chicago, IL, United States

Cookbooks are my specialty—books I have edited have won or been finalists for James Beard, IACP, and Gourmand awards.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Health & Wellbeing, Home & Garden, Economics, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Agate Publishing
  • Self-employed

Lois 5 star rating

Harvey, Louisiana, USA

Editor of nonfiction books for over 30 years. Publishers have consistently trusted me with their most challenging projects.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Humanities & Social Sciences, Inspirational, Parenting & Families, Christian Non-Fiction, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Baker Book House
  • Zondervan
  • Fleming H. Revell
  • Azusa Pacific University

Nicole 5 star rating

St. Louis, MO, USA

Thorough, collaborative, experienced. I specialize in developmental and substantive editing of non-fiction, educational, and tech material.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, Engineering, Math & Science, Life Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Technology, and Computers & Internet.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • O'Reilly Media
  • Pearson

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Whitney 5 star rating

Santa Monica, CA, USA

I'm new here! But Big 5-published experts have sought out my savvy Developmental Editing for years. Why? Storytelling flair + MBA strategy.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Literary Fiction, Fiction, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Ariel 5 star rating

Chattanooga, TN, USA

Development and acquisitions editor with 10 years' experience in nonfiction publishing working with bestselling authors.

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Parenting & Families, Health & Wellbeing, Business & Management, Biographies & Memoirs, Inspirational, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Corwin
  • Self-employed

Specializing in nonfiction books for both children and adults, I am a friendly and easygoing editor excited to work with you!

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Parenting & Families, Writing & Publishing, Children’s Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Ballard & Tighe, Publishers
  • Entrepreneur Press

John 5 star rating

Stockton, CA, USA

I have many years of experience in a wide array of editing and writing duties in a wide variety of genres.

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Short Story, Agriculture, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Computers & Internet, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Geography, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Philosophy.

Work experience:

  • Oxford University Press
  • MTKG, Inc.
  • University of California Press

Becky 5 star rating

Rye, Colorado, USA

Copy editor and proofreader. Two decades of experience helping writers and industry leaders explain complex topics in clear, engaging prose.

Genres: Travel, Non-Fiction, Sports & Outdoors, Writing & Publishing, and Business & Management.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Trade and academic nonfiction editor with a fourteen-year track record of finessing hundreds of authors' voices.

Genres: Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, History, Health & Wellbeing, Business & Management, Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Families, Political Science & Current Affairs, Christian Non-Fiction, and Religion & Spirituality.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Matthew 5 star rating

New York, NY, USA

30 years' experience in commercial fiction and non-fiction with HarperCollins, Random House, and S&S, editing more than 25 NYT bestsellers.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Entertainment, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Thriller & Suspense, and Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House
  • Simon & Schuster

Matthew 5 star rating

New York, United States

Editor and writing coach specializing in literary fiction, thrillers, memoir and other narrative nonfiction, business books, and self-help.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Short Story, Mystery & Crime, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Science Fiction, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Graduate Writing Program, Columbia University
  • Self-employed

Kevin 5 star rating

East Providence, RI, USA

I am a professional book and periodical indexer with over 29 years of experience.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Computers & Internet, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Health & Wellbeing, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Music.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Richard 5 star rating

Woodbury, CT, USA

A nonfiction editor who works successfully and happily with writers at all levels of experience and covering a broad range of subjects.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Chicago magazine
  • Northwestern University
  • Self-employed
  • New York magazine

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