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Jared
Nashville, TN, USA
Editor with more than 15 years of experience. Specializes in Christian non-fiction, self-help and improvement, and biographies/memoirs.
Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Children’s Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- HIM Publications
- Franklin Madison Group, LLC
- ACLJ
Lauren
Nashville, TN, USA
NYT bestselling editor with 10+ years editing YA, romance, Christian fiction, and inspirational books. Developmental and copyeditor.
Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Inspirational, Non-Fiction, New Adult, Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, and Romance.
Work experience:
- HarperCollins
- Wolfpack Publishing
Jodi
Nashville, TN, USA
Former HarperCollins editor with over 15 years of experience. I edit FICTION: romance, women's, historical, YA, middle grade, and fantasy.
Genres: Contemporary Romance, Romance, Fiction, Historical Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.
Work experience:
- HarperCollins
- Thomas Nelson Publishers
- Self-employed
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Virginia
Nashville, TN, USA
Dedicated former Big 5 editor with 10+ years of experience in Christian and Inspirational Nonfiction.
Genres: Inspirational, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Biographies & Memoirs.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Hachette Book Group
Lisa
Nashville, United States
I'm a twenty-year veteran in Christian publishing, specializing in gift/coffee table books, devotionals, and trade books.
Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.
Work experience:
- Thomas Nelson Publishers (Harper Collins)
Jessica
Jacksonville, United States
Award-winning freelance editor Jessica provides practical, marketable revision advice to clients on all six habitable continents.
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Historical Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Women's Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.
Work experience:
- Writers House
- St. Martin's Press
- Fox Literary LLC
- Self-employed
Edward
Murray, KY, United States
Experienced editor of nonfiction books (esp. spirituality/self-help). Copy edits and proofreading draw on my work as an author and MDiv.
Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Inspirational, Business & Management, and Writing & Publishing.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
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Lynsey
Missoula, United States
(She/they.) Over a decade of in-house and freelance editorial work for Big 5 publishers & private clients across genres.
Genres: Romance, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.
Work experience:
- Fordham University Press
- City College of New York
- Skadden-Arps Legal Studies Program at City College of New York
- WHACK! Magazine
- Penguin Group (USA)
- Self-employed
- Penguin Random House
Eva
San Marcos, United States
Twenty-five years of experience as a copy / line editor, primarily in science, for university, museum, and association presses.
Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Life Sciences, Geography, Writing & Publishing, and Biographies & Memoirs.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
Fran
New York, United States
Results driven editor, formerWriters House Bridgerton agent, edited major award winners, working from slush pile to success in publishing.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, Thriller & Suspense, Historical Romance, and Romance.
Work experience:
- Writers House
- youbloom music festival
Gene
Houston, United States
Creative, experienced editor of novels, children's books, and poetry. Let's prepare your manuscript for publication together.
Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Poetry, and Literary Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Uptown Stories
- Simon & Schuster
- Scholastic
- HarperEntertainment
- Daniel Weiss Associates/17th Street Productions
- Denver Quarterly
- San Jacinto College South
Barbara
Washington, DC, United States
After working as a nonfiction book editor for years at NatGeo, I know the ins and outs of publishing from ideation to final proofing.
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Architecture, History, Nature, Writing & Publishing, Travel, and Sports & Outdoors.
Work experience:
- National Geographic Society
- Self-employed
Erik
Minneapolis, MN, United States
Editor with years of in-house experience. Founder of a literary agency. Writer. Host of Print Run Podcast.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Career Guides, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Sports & Outdoors, Life Sciences, and Math & Science.
Work experience:
- Red Sofa Literary Agency
- Self-employed
- The Overlook Press
- Oxford University Press
- Headwater Literary Management
Sandra
Omaha, United States
Skilled nonfiction book editor in business/leadership, true crime, selected memoirs. Get from idea to published. I love first-time authors.
Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and True Crime.
Work experience:
- Southeast Community College
- Self-employed
- Metropolitan Community College
Elisabeth
Iowa City, IA, United States
Award-winning and New York Times bestselling editor of nonfiction and memoir.
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Travel, Entertainment, Sex & Relationships, Sports & Outdoors, and Religion & Spirituality.
Work experience:
- University of Iowa Press
- University of Nebraska Press
- Self-employed
Amy
Township of Washington, NJ, United States
Friendly, thorough, supportive editor/proofreader for your novel. Experience in romance, historical, LGBTQIA+, mystery, YA, sci-fi, fantasy.
Genres: Romance, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Mystery & Crime, Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, Young Adult, and LGBTQ Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Lawrence Erlbaum Associates
- Great Minds
Brooke
New York, NY, United States
Passionate picture book editor with 15+ years' editorial experience for companies including Disney and Penguin.
Genres: Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.
Work experience:
- Self-employed
- Disney Publishing Worldwide
- Penguin Random House
- Sterling Publishing
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