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Aja 5 star rating

Austin, United States

Making sure your prose sings, your facts and story are straight, and your unique voice shines through.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Historical Fiction, Women's Fiction, Music, Entertainment, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Simon & Schuster
  • on my porch, at a coffee shop, in far-flung places . . .

David 5 star rating

Long Beach, CA, United States

Give me your dangling participles, your absent oxford commas, your run-on sentences yearning to be written correctly.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Action & Adventure, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Classics, Plays & Screenplays, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Group, USA; Random House, LLC
  • Pegasus Books and Publishing House
  • Words That Stay, LLC

Michele 5 star rating

New York, United States

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

Parisa 5 star rating

Brooklyn, NY, United States

Former Simon and Schuster editor with 15+ years of experience, specializing in all fiction genres. I’d love to help get your MS in shape!

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self Employed
  • Simon & Schuster

Theodore 5 star rating

Saint Louis, MO, USA

Editing with care. Copyediting and proofreading novels and nonfiction books. Contributing editor to 5 best-selling novels and counting.

Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Social & Family Issues, LGBTQ Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Sourcebooks

Ryan 5 star rating

Los Angeles, United States

Detail-obsessed proofreader and copyeditor with 20 years of Big Five and indie experience. Let’s polish your manuscript to perfection!

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Espionage, Thriller & Suspense, Legal Thriller, Technothriller, and Psychological Thriller.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Group USA
  • Phoenix Books
  • Omnicom Production/Deutsch LA
  • Self-employed

Amanda 5 star rating

Charlottesville, VA, USA

Independent press cofounder, experienced editor, insightful reader. Edits literary and genre fiction at all stages of development.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Poetry, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, LGBTQ Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Coming of Age, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Independent Press
  • C&R Press
  • Virginia Tech
  • Freelance

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Angel 5 star rating

Westbrook, ME, USA

The devil is in the details! I cast demons from fiction & nonfiction for Big 5 & academic publishers. Read profile before sending proposal.

Genres: Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, True Crime, LGBTQ Fiction, Fiction, Science Fiction, Romance, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Horror, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Modern Language Association (MLA)
  • Rutgers University
  • Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York (SUNY)
  • Educational Testing Service
  • Alexandra Chandler for U.S. Congress

Halley 5 star rating

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Experienced editor passionate about collaborating to polish your manuscript—mysteries, thrillers, and select nonfiction—to meet your goals.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Career Guides, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Wiley
  • Self-employed
  • Putnam

Ben 5 star rating

Seattle, WA, USA

In my 20-plus years as an editor, I have devoted my skills and insight to bestselling authors, award-winners, and writers just starting out.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • becker&mayer

Michael 5 star rating

Corinth, VT, USA

Professional editor and proofreader with extensive experience in the publishing industry, working with both nonfiction and fiction titles.

Genres: Christian Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Sex & Relationships, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Religion & Spirituality, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed

James 5 star rating

Fort Collins, CO, USA

Developmental editor for horror, fantasy, thriller & comics writers. 12 yrs turning good drafts into great ones with tension and momentum.

Genres: Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Young Adult, Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Psychological Thriller, Middle Grade, Children's, Epic Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Jeppesen/Boeing

Anna 5 star rating

Winston-Salem, NC, USA

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

Beth 5 star rating

Guilford, Connecticut, USA

Experienced editor of award-winning fiction and non-fiction with a keen eye for detail and 15+ years of industry experience.

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Chick Lit, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House (South Africa)
  • Private
  • Self-employed
  • Random House Struik

Miriam 5 star rating

New York, NY, USA

Literary agent with 20+ years of experience in NY helping authors hone their work, resulting in numerous NYT bestsellers for debut writers.

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Young Adult, Women's Fiction, Science Fiction, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Irene Goodman Literary Agency
  • Codex Literary

Carlo 5 star rating

Lyndhurst, NJ, USA

I specialize in fiction (focusing on romance, thriller, and fantasy/sci-fi), narrative non-fiction, and how-to books on writing.

Genres: Romance, Fiction, Science Fiction, Young Adult, Thriller & Suspense, Writing & Publishing, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Women's Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Bauer Publishing
  • Northstar Travel Media
  • Dakini Magazine

Chloe 5 star rating

New York, NY, USA

A versatile book editor with over 14 years of experience, specializing in literary fiction, sci fi/fantasy, and mental health nonfiction.

Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, and Education & Reference.

Work experience:

  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Council on Foreign Relations
  • Lynn Franklin & Associates
  • Callisto Media
  • Wiley
  • Self-employed
  • Flashpoint

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