The best cookbook book copy editing services

Julia

Charleston, SC, United States

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Line and copy editor, with content capabilities. I have the most experience in nonfiction, but my favorite edits are middle grade and YA.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

• The History Press
• Newgen KnowledgeWorks
• Amnet

Lisa

Oakland, CA, USA

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Editor/indexer (20y+) of award-winning nonfiction for major, indie, academic, and nonprofit publishers (e.g., Getty, NPS, Chronicle, PRH).

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Nature, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Music.

Work experience:

• Heyday
• Self-employed

Marah

Washington, DC, United States

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Cookbook ghostwriter and editor who knows both sides of the desk. Food, health, and lifestyle books, from proposal to manuscript.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Simon & Schuster Trade Paperbacks
• Scribner

Carrie

Seattle, WA, USA

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Seasoned copyeditor/proofreader with a passion for cleaning up copy, focusing on nonfiction: art books, cookbooks, and memoirs.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, and Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Marquand Books
• Modernist Cuisine
• The Leonhardt Group

Perrin

Chicago, IL, United States

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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

Judith

New York, NY, USA

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A longtime professional editor of non-fiction, I can help you to deliver your message and make your book even better than you already are.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Biographies & Memoirs, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Doubleday
• Self-employed
• Atheneum Publishers

Lorraine Martindale

Poughkeepsie, NY, USA

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Experienced editor of fiction and nonfiction who has worked with Penguin Putnam, Random House, Felony & Mayhem, and DK Publishing.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Mira

River Edge, NJ, USA

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Editor for NYT bestselling cookbooks, romance, and devotionals | Specializing in polished, publishable prose—including AI-assisted drafts

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Paranormal Romance, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Inspirational.

Work experience:

• Radish Fiction
• Avalon Books
• John Wiley & Sons
• Dorchester Publishing Company
• Self-employed

Myles

Croton-on-Hudson, NY, USA

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Editor and copy chief with 25+ years’ experience in copy editing, line editing, proofreading, and fact-checking in books and periodicals.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Hearst Magazines
• Martha Stewart Living
• Brides magazine
• Cookie magazine
• Real Simple magazine
• Plum Media
• Scientific American

Sheri

Seattle, WA, USA

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Copy editor (16 years) of memoir, travel, and cookbooks. Women's solo travel tales a specialty. I respect your voice and can make it shine.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, and Travel.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Microsoft Corporation
• The Seattle Times

Elissa

Cedaredge, CO, USA

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Nonfiction copyeditor and proofreader with 25 years of experience and 500 books completed. I will make your manuscript publication-ready.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History, Sports & Outdoors, Travel, and Nature.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Carnegie Museum of Art

Anna

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

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An editor for nonfiction and literary fiction, I specialize in memoir, travel, historical fiction, fantasy and thrillers.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Literary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Travel, Thriller & Suspense, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• John F. Blair, Publisher
• Lookout Books
• Self-employed
• Barefoot Books
• Dialogist Journal
• Ecotone Journal
• The Porch Writers' Collective
• Tennessee Humanities' Tennessee Young Writers Workshop

Emma

Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Dedicated, creative editor with an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and years of experience at a top New York City literary agency.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

• McCormick Literary
• The Iowa Writers' Workshop
• Atheneum (a division of Simon & Schuster)

Gabrielle

New Orleans, LA, United States

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Thoughtful, communicative editor, production specialist, and copyediting instructor who loves turning strong drafts into great books.

Genres: Comics Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, DIY & Crafts, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Home & Garden.

Work experience:

• LATG
• The Quarto Group
• Wiley

West

New York, NY, USA

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Copyedits and proofreads books on cookery, wellness, and science and math. Production editor for scientific journals at Cell Press by day.

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Math & Science.

Work experience:

• Cell Press
• Penguin Random House - DK
• The Experiment

Joe

Chicago, IL, USA

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30+ yrs. editing fiction & nonfiction. I polish, strengthen, and bring out the best in your manuscript. Free sample available.

Genres: Science Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Entertainment, Sex & Relationships, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Solution Tree Press
• Self-employed

MJ

Boston, MA, USA

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Kind, meticulous proofreader of trade nonfiction and literary fiction. I've worked on books from Algonquin Books, HarperCollins, and more.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Humanities & Social Sciences, Contemporary Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Middle Grade, and Children's.

Work experience:

• The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
• Self-employed