Overview
If you're looking for an insightful editor or eagle-eyed proofreader, I'd love to hear from you! With 10 years' editorial experience at leading Fiction and Non-Fiction publishing houses and as a freelance editor and proofreader, I’ve worked on an exciting range of storytelling. Whether advising on the bigger picture – exploring characterisation, plot and structural edits – or putting spelling, grammar and punctuation under the microscope, I always bring my can-do, attentive outlook, my creativity, my passion for writing and my eye for detail to every project.
I’m lucky to have worked at an amazing list of publishing houses including Bookouture, Quercus and Canongate and with brands, personalities and authors. I’ve loved being a commissioning editor, project manager, structural editor, line editor or proofreader on a range of Fiction and Non-Fiction: from commercial fiction – such as women’s crossover, thrillers and saga series – to literary translation, from memoir and autobiography to self-help and pop culture. I've proofread UK, American and Australian manuscripts, so I'm confident and comfortable working in either UK or American English.
I’m highly communicative and highly skilled, thoughtful and thorough, flexible and hardworking and always deliver a high standard of work. But most of all, I find immense job satisfaction working closely as a team on making a book truly shine. So let's get writing!
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Nature
Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Literary Fiction
Mystery & Crime
Thriller & Suspense
Women's Fiction
Languages
English (UK)
Work experience
Self-employed
Sep, 2017 —
Present
Quercus Books
Sep, 2016 —
Oct, 2017
(about 1 year)
Bookouture
Dec, 2015 —
Sep, 2016
(9 months)
Canongate
Feb, 2013 —
Dec, 2015
(almost 3 years)
Portfolio
Have you ever felt like something is holding you back? That other people seem to breeze through life, but self-doubt and insecurity prevent you getting the things you want - at work, in family life or relationships? Well, fear not: no matter how low you feel i... read more
get your sh*t togetherand journal your way to your best lifeWhether you're stuck in a job or relationship you hate, overwhelmed by a million emails, or just need a little help along the way to world domination, the hardest part of changing your life is knowing... read more
DISCOVER THE AMAZING POWER OF POETRY TO MAKE EVEN THE MOST F**KED UP TIMES FEEL BETTERA beautiful little book of short, simple, classic and contemporary poems to dip into, to make life feel better.From Shakespeare and Shelley to Lemn Sissay and Kate Tempest, p... read more
'One of the most memorable, heart-stopping autobiographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRY WINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ATTITUDE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEAR A beloved star of stage and screen, Alan Cumming... read more
Charlotte Salomon is born into a family stricken by suicide and a country at war – but there is something exceptional about her. She has a gift, a talent for painting. And she has a great love, for a brilliant, eccentric musician. But just as she is coming in ... read more
*From the 'anti-guru' author of the smash hit The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k and the New York Times bestseller Get Your Sh*t Together * In The Life-Changing Magic of Not Giving a F**k, our favourite 'anti-guru' Sarah Knight unleashed the power of... read more
Josie works until her arms ache, until the paramedics arrive and pull her gently away from the woman’s cold, fragile body. Noah’s voice cracks beside her as he calls the time of death for his own, beloved mother.Arriving with her partner Noah for dinner at his... read more
What if you discovered that everything you knew about yourself was a lie?When pregnant Jaya loses her mother, then her baby son Arun in a tragic cot death, her world crashes down. Overcome by grief and guilt, she begins to search for answers – to the enigma of... read more
‘Yes, yes, yes! This was the book that I have been waiting for all year! I absolutely loved it! Had me hooked from the first page… worth far more than five stars… Fab, fab, fab!!’ Stardust Book Reviews, 5 starsIF YOU ONLY READ ONE BOOK THIS SUMMER, MAKE IT SUM... read more
It has been a week since anyone last saw fifteen-year-old Daisy, after she left her best friend’s house and started her short walk home. Detective Kate Matthews and her team have been looking for her ever since. When a tip-off leads Kate to a disused gymnasium... read more
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NEXT GIRL She’s just the girl he’s looking for… A young woman falls from a van speeding down a quiet road. Battered and bruised, she turns her head to the person who comes to her aid. ‘Help her’... read more
‘YES… THIS WAS UP THERE WITH THE BEST!!!! I was hooked from the beginning, full of twists and turns that you will never see coming to keep you on the edge-of-your-seat and up all night reading.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars The figure bent over the small grave ... read more
One night can change everything. ‘I know it as soon as I wake up and open my eyes... Something is wrong.’ Her Saturday night started normally. Recently separated from her husband, Ali has been persuaded by her friends to go on a date with a new man. She is rea... read more
When two young boys discover human bones buried beneath a tree in a trailer park, Detective Josie Quinn races to join her team at the scene. She used to play in those woods as a child, happier outside and away from her abusive mother, Belinda Rose. Josie’s pas... read more
THE BOOK EVERYONE’S TALKING ABOUT Do you really know the family next door? ‘Bloody brilliant!’ Bonnie’s Book Talk, 5 stars‘Wow … one of my favourite reads this year!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars‘BOOM … What a twist … Fantastic.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars Mel... read more
Phoebe. Tiffany. Melissa. They all made one little mistake... When twenty-five-year-old Phoebe Stiles opens the door to her perfect apartment she doesn’t realise it’s the mistake that will kill her… The body of the beautiful English girl is discovered months l... read more
My little boy’s room was empty, his bed neatly made. Alarm bells should have rung immediately. Then the knock on the door came. All I remember is a thick fog wrapping itself tightly around me. This couldn’t be happening to us. Three years ago, nurse Zoe's son ... read more
How safe are your secrets?One letter a week for fifteen years. Identical white envelopes brimming with my sister’s darkest secrets. All the intimate details of a life as different to mine as could possibly be.I read each letter slowly: Ellie’s friends and enem... read more
Watching her friend dragged away in handcuffs, Josie couldn't believe for one second that Gretchen had killed that poor boy. Confession or not, someone else was involved. She would find out who…When the body of a young student is found on the driveway of a loc... read more
THE UNPUTDOWNABLE NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE NEXT GIRL What if your child went missing... and everyone thought it was your fault? Julia Dawson’s daughter is gone. She knows everyone thinks Christina is dead; that people say Christina ran a... read more
'Wow, wow, wow. What a cracker of a book ... had me hooked from start to finish ... I was absolutely gripped ... finding myself flicking the kindle pages over as fast as you like. ' Jen Med's Book ReviewsOn a hot summer’s morning, a young father is found murde... read more
She began to sing, the girl. Her voice was soft, so soft it was almost of the wind. It was a lullaby. She cradled her arms, rocking them gently back and forth. As if she was holding a baby. But she was not. Her arms were empty.On a cold morning a cyclist finds... read more
“There’s no place like home” – that’s what I tell myself as I pull another flawless meal from the oven. This perfect house on a quiet street was supposed to be my sanctuary, a place to recover. But everything changed the moment I saw that woman in the charity ... read more
‘Set aside everything that you have to do… This book will grip you from the very first pages and hold you tightly in its grasp right until the very last page and then it will have you staring into space and wondering what book you could possibly read next beca... read more
I’m Lucy, and I have a secret.I have a beautiful home, that I’m desperate to escape.But that’s not my secret.I tell my friends I’ve never wanted children, when I always have.But that’s not my secret.My husband is a celebrated surgeon, who tries to control me.B... read more
'Take on January with new-found serenity with this series of self-help books' StylistOvercome your fears and change your life.We all feel frightened sometimes - it's totally natural - but if fear is holding you back, making you feel stuck in a rut and hinderin... read more
The heart-warming story of how a tiny hedgehog helped one man find hope. 'Could you look after it for a couple of days? . . .' So begins the extraordinary friendship between veterinarian Massimo, who is at a low spot in his life, and a tiny, orphaned hedgehog.... read more
'Whether you're becoming a mum for the first time or you have children who are growing up faster than you could have ever imagined, motherhood can feel like the most joyful and yet the most daunting of times. But you're not alone. 'From the moment I knew my fi... read more
