The best politics book developmental editing services

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.

Lisa

New York, NY, United States

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Developmental editor of narrative nonfiction (and book proposals) with 35+ years' experience at major trade publishers in NYC.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Psychology, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

• PublicAffairs
• Self-employed
• Carol Publishing Group
• Viking Penguin
• Random House
• University of Texas
• The Writers Studio

Gail Naron

New Orleans, United States

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Editing of academic works, reports, and dissertations, with a focus on the social sciences, Jewish studies, humanities, and law

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Law, Political Science & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality, Psychology, and Economics.

Work experience:

• Aptara, Westchester Publishing Services
• Jewish Communal Service Association

Adam

Asheville, United States

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Nonfiction book editor with 17+ years of experience in digital and print publishing. Reader advocate and prose polisher.

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Sports & Outdoors, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Entertainment, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Soomo Learning
• Oxford University Press
• HarperCollins Publishers

Julia

Berkeley, CA, United States

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NYT-bestselling author, book reviewer, and editor. I've helped dozens of clients get published in small and large presses. I love what I do.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Education & Reference, Literary Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• The Los Angeles Times
• El Financiero de Mexico
• Wired News
• The New York Times
• Stanford University

Michael

Portland, OR, USA

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History professor who loves to engage with good ideas.

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

Work experience:

• Pacific Northwest College of Art
• The European Physical Journal
• Cambridge University
• King's Review Magazine

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

Margaret

New York, NY, USA

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Developmental editor and writer on college art, history, humanities texts. Excellent line editor, proofreader, and copy editor, too.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, History, Philosophy, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Vin

New York, NY, USA

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I'm an experienced nonfiction editor who's worked on everything from celebrity memoir to world history, with a soft spot for LGBTQ projects.

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

Work experience:

• Callisto Media
• Penguin Random House
• Andrews McMeel Publishing

Will

New York, NY, USA

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An editorial strategist with more than a decade of experience editing fiction and nonfiction at Big Five publishers.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, and History.

Work experience:

• Crown Publishing Group
• Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Ben

New York City, NY, USA

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Book coach and developmental editor for budding and award-winning historians, biographers, and journalists. Book proposals are my passion.

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

Work experience:

• Watkinson Library
• Self-employed

Barney

New York, NY, USA

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An editor of literary scholarship, memoirs, poetry, fiction, and children's books, helping authors find and develop their unique voices.

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Modern Language Association of America
• Self-employed

Carl

New York, NY, USA

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A dynamic editor of best-selling, award-winning and page-turning literary fiction, mystery novels and hard-hitting serious nonfiction.

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Nation Books
• The New Press
• Melville House

Robert

Baton Rouge, LA, USA

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Retired university professor/writing teacher; political historian; author of ten books; former series editor for academic press.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Manship School of Mass Communication, Louisiana State University
• Louisiana State University, LSU Press

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)

Eli

South Bend, IN, USA

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With 22 years' experience as an acquiring editor and editor in chief, I offer comprehensive insight into the entire publishing process.

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

Work experience:

• Manuscript Craftwork Publishing Consulting
• University of Notre Dame Press
• Vanderbilt University Press
• University Press of Florida
• Flatpage Publishing

Hunter

Santa Fe, NM, USA

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A specialist in copy editing, translation rewriting, and proofreading for academic/scholarly, religious, and educational writing.

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• First Things
• Sophia Institute Press
• Liturgical Press
• St. Augustine's Press
• American Philosophical Association
• Classical Academic Press