Isabel Stein

Isabel Stein – Editor

Edit and proofread nonfiction and fiction: crafts, art, cooking, memoir, STEM subjects, history, DIY, mystery, sci fi, romance, YA, etc.

Overview

You’ve worked hard on your project, but perhaps you have reached a certain plateau. Now you sense that it is time for help from another party, even if you are not sure exactly what kind of help you need. That’s perfectly normal. If you read the acknowledgments page of any published work, you’ll see that creating a book usually involves a team effort, maybe your friends and family at the start, and then some experienced editors, proofreaders, and perhaps even agents or marketing people. I am an editor and proofreader with many years of experience. I worked for 16 years in-house at a trade publisher (Sterling Publishing Co.) and at other publishers, and I know what editors are looking at from that side of the desk. I’ve edited crafts, DIY, children’s science books and picture books, gardening books and cookbooks for Sterling Publishing and other publishers. I have edited fiction books for Hachette Book Group, Ballantine Books, and Sterling Publishing Co. I also have edited scholarly books for Cambridge University Press, Taylor & Francis, and Palgrave Macmillan. I have proofread books for Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group, and others. Please contact me if you need help with your project. I'll be glad to look it over.
Services
Non-Fiction
Art Biographies & Memoirs Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits History Home & Garden Psychology
Fiction
Mystery & Crime Young Adult
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • edited How Smart Is Your Dog? by D. Caroline Coile, winner of Best Children's book 2003 from the Dog Writers Association of America
Certifications
  • MA in studio art
  • studied landscape design at the NYBG
  • BA in psychology

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2009 — Present

I work with publishing companies and also directly with authors. For fiction works, I do whatever is necessary and whatever the author requests, from analyzing the plot and offering suggestions to simple correcting of spelling and grammar, trying always to respect the author’s voice. For nonfiction manuscripts, I check continuity, check facts online, and query the author as needed. I often work with authors whose first language is not English. For crafts books, I edit, sometimes do sketches to help authors prepare illustrations for their books, and expand text if it is needed. I have a strong art/crafts background. I also proofread for several major publishing companies.

Portfolio

Zack is back—and taking on the school play! Bah humbug! Zack Delacruz wants to win the role of Scrooge in Davy Crockett Middle School’s production of A Christmas Carol—and Abhi’s admiration, too. But he’s not the only one trying out for the play. So are José (... read more
When confronted with a historical event of the tragic magnitude of the Holocaust, cinema with its inherently representational nature has often been found lacking. The proliferation of Holocaust films, especially in France, testifies that filmmakers appear stub... read more
A few years ago, decorative painter Sunny Goode created Sunny’s Goodtime Paints with a single goal in mind: giving everyone the means to reproduce the beauty of old fresco plaster, stone walls, or glazed finishes in their own homes. Paint Can!—a lavishly illus... read more
Trapped in Paris

Evelyne Holingue

Sixteen-year-old Cameron and Framboise have nothing in common and no reason to meet. But when a volcano eruption in Iceland interrupts all air traffic, the two teenagers find themselves trapped in Paris. When they witness a murder on the River Seine and are ki... read more
AZ Olahok Tortenete V1: Kotet (1894)
“Has the...advantage of tapping into the different expertise and styles of a variety of practitioners. Crafters can pick from among 31 projects, ranging from traditional (Chinese good-luck lantern) to extraordinarily modern (tiny jointed teddy bear)....A galle... read more
Using newly declassified archives and interviews with practitioners, Nicholas J. Cull has pieced together the story of the final decade in the life of the United States Information Agency, revealing the decisions and actions that brought the United States' app... read more
This book is premised on a very powerful social/educational concern about college retention rates: one-third of first-year students seriously consider leaving college during their first term, and only half of all students who start college ultimately graduate.... read more
500 Indian Dishes

Meena Agarwal

If Indian curries are your takeaway of choice, why not learn how to try to make them from scratch at home, from delicious main courses to tasty snacks and sides, 500 Indian Dishes will show you how to get started with this fascinating cuisine. Or, if you're al... read more
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED CRIME, MYSTERY, AND THRILLERS OF 2018 —LitHubONE OF THE THE BIGGEST MYSTERY AND THRILLERS OF SPRING 2018 —BookBubONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2018 —MysteryPeople"A series not to be missed.” -Megan AbbottIn Blackout, the late... read more

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