Ilia Epifanov

Ilia Epifanov – Editor

I'm a Developmental Editor with 10 years of experience in Romance, Mystery, and SF genres. Author of Crescent Earth - a SF murder mystery

Overview

I'm a Developmental Editor with 10 years of experience in Romance, Mystery, and SF genres.

As a dev editor, I've working with 100+ in both fiction and non-fiction, but fiction is where my heart is. My recent projects include The Hidden Demon by Fish Phillips, The Dust That Danced by Ashley Cavuto, and Spinning Threads by Maria Suarez.

As a ghostwriter, I specialize in writing fiction - from ideation, to outlining, to actually writing the chapters. I've ghostwritten 25+ books over the last 10 years, and I'm publishing a sci-fi mystery series under my own name – Crescent Earth.

I love storytelling, and I'm also a huge fan of structuring and mapping out the story to take full advantage of the premise, plot, and characters!

Services
Fiction
Mystery & Crime Romance Science Fiction
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Creator Institute

Jun, 2019 — Present
Working together with authors as they craft and write their stories – we talk style, structure, plot, and everything in between.

Freelance

Dec, 2015 — Present
Creating novels with both authors and publishers, working off outlines and general ideas, outlining and writing/rewriting books.

Portfolio

Yellow Flowers: A Novel

Vedovello, Elena

New Degree Press

Industry Friends

Dexter, Casey

New Degree Press

Showing Teeth: Part 1

Kelleher, Terah

New Degree Press

The Secret Son: What We Don't Talk About

Robicheau, K

New Degree Press

The Writer's Retreat

Baker, Jenny Sue

New Degree Press

Darkness Me, Colorful You

Fu, J.X.

New Degree Press

Vox Libri

Lauer, Cass

New Degree Press

Wild Rose: A Novel

Merschdorf, Jennifer

New Degree Press

Mr. Americano

Rose, Addison

New Degree Press

The Shimmering

Chetkin, Sara

Manuscripts LLC

Chipd

Pulido, Amari Rae

Festival of Storms

Lockland, Avery

My Song to Sing

Brock, Adam Nicholas

The Loves of Our Lives

Wallace, Karsyn

Painted Blocks

Kocztorz, Jakub L.

Spinning Threads

Suarez, Maria

Ilia has 1 review

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Gavin A.

Gavin A.

Aug, 2024

Holy crap! I had an amazing experience. He gave super detailed notes, both on story and language, always explaining his reasoning except where it was obvious. Great ear for language and word usage. His feedback on character, themes, pacing and plot were all spot on. He really went the extra mile ...
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Ilia E.
Thank you so much for the kind words! It's been a blast!

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