The best copy editors for hire near Columbus

Molly

Columbus, OH, USA

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I am an arts and humanities editor with over seventeen years of experience helping clients bring their texts to life!

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Music, Art, Law, Political Science & Current Affairs, Writing & Publishing, and ELT.

Work experience:

• The Ohio State University
• Self-employed
• Wexner Center for the Arts

Karen

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Former editor with Writer's Digest books and magazine, now of Future Perfect Editing. Bring me your fantasy novels, MG/YA fiction, and more!

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Young Adult, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, History, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Writer's Digest
• Etruscan Press
• Disney Publishing

Steven

Vermont, United States

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Intuitive, expert editor with 30 yrs experience teaching fiction writing at a major university. Well-published, knowledgeable, honest, kind.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Story, Middle Grade, Children's, Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Miami University, Oxford, OH
• Colby College, Waterville,ME
• Self-employed

Nora

United States

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Meticulous copy and developmental editor of nonfiction, equipped with diverse industry experience and a masters in Publishing.

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.

Georgette

Carmel, IN, United States

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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!

Erica

Parrish, United States

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Freelance editor offering friendly but thorough editing to independent authors.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Picture Books, Children's, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Renee

Buxton, ME, United States

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Passionate editor of award-winning indie novels, with a specialty in adult dark fiction, spec. fic., horror, and psychological thrillers.

Genres: Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Middle Grade, Children's, Coming of Age, Poetry, Post-Apocalyptic, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Crystal Lake Publishing
• Sebago Education Alliance
• Allhorror.net
• HorrorMovieReviews.com
• Self-employed

Susannah

Barre, VT, United States

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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

Jerry

Vero Beach, FL, United States

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An editor with more than 20 years of experience in books, covering a variety of genres in fiction and nonfiction.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Christopher

Gallatin, United States

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Accomplished editor specializing in general and Christian non-fiction. Editor of 60 published books. Here to help you tell your story!

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Philosophy, Education & Reference, Inspirational, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• B&H Academic
• Moody Publishers
• Lexham Press and Kirkdale Press
• Self-employed

Brittany

Rye, United States

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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

Angela

Los Angeles, United States

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Editor of more than 1,000 books. I specialize in sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural, horror, mystery, thriller, YA, and dystopian fiction.

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

Work experience:

• Alyson Books
• Self-employed
• New York Book Editors

Andrea

Columbus, Ohio, USA

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Copyeditor and proofreader with uncompromising grammar grit. I'll help you give your best work to your audience—with no embarrassing errors.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Health & Wellbeing, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Red Line Editorial
• Teacher Peach
• QuaraCORE
• Zaner-Bloser
• Nationwide Financial
• Northwoods

George

Virginia, United States

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Experienced copy editor and proofreader of trade books in a wide variety of genres, for readers of all ages.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Children’s Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

• The Free Lance-Star
• freelance
• self-employed and for various companies
• volunteer

Adam

New York, NY, United States

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I'm a New York City-based editor specializing in commercial nonfiction, and have worked on several NYT-bestselling titles.

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

Work experience:

• Penguin Books
• Abrams Books
• Public Affairs Books
• Perseus Books Group
• The Overlook Press
• Sterling Publishing
• Apollo Publishers

Barry

New York, United States

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I am a content editor, copy editor, and proofreader. I specialize in nonfiction books.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Travel, Philosophy, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

• Self Employed

David

Long Beach, CA, United States

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Give me your dangling participles, your absent oxford commas, your run-on sentences yearning to be written correctly.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Classics, Plays & Screenplays, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

• Penguin Group, USA; Random House, LLC
• Pegasus Books and Publishing House
• Words That Stay, LLC