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Genevieve

Genevieve

Los Angeles, CA, USA

A friendly, easy-to-work-with editor and proofreader who will catch your mistakes, enhance your writing, and will also make you laugh.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Science Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Humor & Comedy, Action & Adventure, Gaming & LitRPG, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Plays & Screenplays

Agnieszka

Agnieszka

Los Angeles, CA, USA

A grammar and language savant with 10+ years proofreading/copyediting nonfiction. Knowledgeable about art, foreign languages and cultures.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • EMBER Magazine
  • SAGE Publishing
  • Hayden-McNeil Publishing (Macmillan Learning)
  • Berlitz

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, ELT, Biographies & Memoirs

Jay

Jay

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I’m passionate about words and sentences and well-told stories. Helping manuscripts find their fullest potential is one of my greatest joys


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Coming of Age, Science Fiction, Cultural & Ethnic

Brian

Brian

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I'm a Los Angeles–based book editor, writing coach, and publishing consultant with over 20 years of experience


Work experience:

  • John Wiley & Sons
  • W. W. Norton
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Education & Reference, Engineering, Math & Science, Entertainment, Religion & Spirituality, History

Paul

Paul

Los Angeles, United States

I excel at copy-editing, proofreading, developmental editing, ghostwriting, all kinds of collaborating — fiction, nonfiction, humor, & more.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Anthologies, Music, Entertainment, Literary Fiction

Sarah

Sarah

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Eagle-eyed former Bloomsbury editorial + production assistant with 7+ years of experience in editing and proofreading fiction and nonfiction


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Bloomsbury Publishing

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Historical Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Children's

Eli

Eli

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Thoughtful, meticulous, and versatile editor with more than a decade's experience in content and copy editing — and everything in-between.


Work experience:

  • Flash Art
  • Cultured
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History

Eve

Eve

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Award-winning Simon and Schuster author. Former lit agent. Polishing manuscripts to perfection for 15+ years. Queries/pitches are my jam!


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Jill Corcoran Literary Agency (Now part of Transatlantic Agency)
  • Simon and Schuster/Simon Pulse
  • University of California (UCLA and UCSD)

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, True Crime, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs

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