The best urban fantasy book copy editing services

Karen

Grand Prairie, United States

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Experienced copy editor of fantasy, dystopian, paranormal, and speculative fiction. Specializes in working with indie authors.

Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Steampunk, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, and Time Travel.

Work experience:

• INDIE Books Gone Wild
• Self-employed
• Ivy Tech Community College, Lafayette, Indiana
• Purdue University
• Texas A&M University
• AgIT Department, Purdue University
• Blinn College
• Cancer Information Group
• Arthur Andersen
• Texas A&M University Press
• Arthuriana (academic journal)
• PLY Magazine
• UC San Diego Extended Studies

Michele

New York, United States

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Copy editor for Penguin Random House for 18 years, experience with bestselling authors of women's fiction, romance, mystery/thrillers.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Rachel

Albuquerque, NM, USA

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Editor, proofreader, and writing coach specializing in speculative fiction, including horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and more.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Space Opera, and Urban Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Orbit/Redhook
• Sourcebooks
• Haymarket Books
• Dona Ana Community College

Lyndsey

Joint Base Lewis-McChord, WA, USA

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Professional editor of horror/fantasy with over five years' experience helping authors and traditional publishers elevate their novels.

Genres: Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Historical Romance, Romance, and Urban Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Eerie River Publishing (Indie Publishing House)
• Turner Publishing (Established Traditional Publishing House)

Robin

Dallas, TX, USA

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Passionate freelance editor of award-winning indie novels. I want to help turn your book into something you've always dreamed of.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Action & Adventure, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Epic Fantasy, Time Travel, Picture Books, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Unsolicited Press
• North Texas Review
• University of North Texas Press

Mary-Theresa

New York, United States

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Award winning editor with 25+ years in traditional publishing. Specializing in genre fiction. Looking to help make good stories well told.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Action & Adventure, Historical Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, and Paranormal Romance.

Work experience:

• Harlequin

Kevin

Idaho Falls, ID, USA

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Fiction writer and editor with nearly years in the industry. I love weird writing and anything pushing boundaries. Don't send me AI stuff.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, and Action & Adventure.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Eraserhead Press

Josiah

Louisville, KY, USA

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Progression Fantasy/LitRPG-focused editor with 8 years' experience and 500 novels under my belt. Do you want to grow? Let's talk.

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming & LitRPG, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, and Urban Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Lisa

Wyandotte, MI, USA

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Fiction editor and proofreader with experience in mystery, science fiction, fantasy, horror, paranormal, YA, thriller, and more.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, and Post-Apocalyptic.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Kensington Publishing
• Pikko's House Editing Services
• Booktrope Publishing
• Pegasus Books (NY)
• Enchanted Ink Publishing
• Podium Entertainment
• Severn River Publishing

Sara

Nashua, NH, USA

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Flexible, fierce, efficient editor with decades of experience in editing everything from horror to science fiction to literary fiction.

Genres: Short Story, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Time Travel, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Military Science Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Ascend Learning
• Jones & Bartlett Learning
• Self-employed

Tee

Baton Rouge, LA, USA

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Experienced in-house and freelance editor specializing in speculative, contemporary, and romance by both bestsellers and new writers.

Genres: Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Paranormal Romance, and Romance.

Work experience:

• City Owl Press
• Self-employed

Hope

New York, NY, USA

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I am a NY-based publishing professional and provide freelance copyediting and proofreading services.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Comics & Graphic Novels, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, and Mystery & Crime.

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House, Publishing Services
• HarperCollins

Audrey

Ottawa Hills, OH, USA

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Freelance editor with over nine years of experience with indie and trad authors. Specialties: mysteries and all heat levels of romance.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Romance, Paranormal Romance, and Romantic Suspense.

Work experience:

• Evernight Publishing
• Inkspell
• Waterhouse Press

Becky

Houston, Texas, USA

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Experienced, dedicated, award-winning editor & author who gives specific feedback and direction to help you develop the best possible novel.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Middle Grade Fantasy, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Team Marketing Report
• Simon & Schuster/ Page Street Publishing

Sarah Lyn

New York, NY, USA

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Developmental editor with 10+ years of experience at publishers + lit mags. Here for your stories, essays, novels, memoirs, and hybrid work!

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Short Story, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Literary Fiction, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Soft Skull Press
• Catapult Books
• Catapult (magazine)
• Penguin Random House
• Publishers Weekly
• Self-employed
• The Rumpus
• The Rumpus

Jasmine

Beaverton, OR, USA

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As a fantasy author with a Master of Arts in Book Publishing, Jasmine knows the editorial process from every angle.

Genres: LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Literary Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Non-Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, and Romance.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Ooligan Press

Amanda

Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA

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Former NY publishing house editor with over 30 years of experience. Helping authors create books that are even better than they'd dreamed.

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• W. W. Norton & Company
• The Ecco Press (now an imprint of HarperCollins)
• Self-employed
• Lynn University
• SilkWords