Jenn Sommersby

Jenn Sommersby – Editor

*NOTE: Booking into mid-2026. Developmental, line, copy editor and mentor. Limited availability for short projects and 1:1 consults.

Overview

**Hello! Please note I am now booking clients into mid-2026.**

Freelance editor (since 2005), offering developmental, line/copy editing, proofreading, manuscript review (read and report), and mentoring/brainstorming services. My current roster of clients includes internationally best-selling authors Samantha Young, Sawyer Bennett, and KA Tucker, so, yes, I love editing romance, romantic suspense, and fantasy/paranormal romance! Fluent in Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press, and Canadian Press style guides, I edit for US, UK, and CAD clients. While I primarily edit romance and related subgenres, I have experience with thrillers, mystery, crime, fantasy, and sci-fi, middle grade to adult, as well as nonfiction work (literary essays, self-help, finance, health and wellness, and memoir). I don't edit horror ... I saw Halloween in the '80s, and I'm still messed up.

Novelist x 14 (both trad and indie in YA, rom-com, women's fiction, and enviromance). Winner of a 2019 British Columbia Arts Council grant for a work in progress. My debut YA novel, Sleight (HarperCollins Canada, SkyPony US), was a Fall 2018 Canadian Children's Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens and an Ontario Library Association Best Bets Honourable Mention Book for YA, 2019. My debut romantic comedy, Must Love Otters (as Eliza Gordon), was number one in the Barnes & Noble store and a Kindle Top 100 in March 2014.

Services
Fiction
Chick Lit Contemporary Romance Paranormal Romance Romantic Comedy Romantic Suspense Urban Fantasy Young Adult Fantasy
Languages
English (CAN) English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jun, 2005 — Present
Freelance editor (since 2005) offering developmental, line/copy editing, proofreading, manuscript review (read and report), and mentoring/brainstorming services. My current roster of clients includes internationally best-selling authors Samantha Young, Sawyer Bennett, and KA Tucker (romance, romantic suspense, and fantasy/paranormal romance). Fluent in Chicago Manual of Style, Associated Press, and Canadian Press style guides, I edit for US, UK, and CAD clients. Experience editing thrillers, mystery, crime, fantasy, and sci-fi, middle grade to adult, as well as nonfiction (self-help, finance, health and wellness, essays, and memoir). Member of the Authors Guild (US), Alliance of Independent Authors (Partner Member), Editorial Freelancers Association, Sisters in Crime, and the Federation of BC Writers.

Portfolio

Erik The Red

Roehrig, Tilman

Nesting in Texas

Lavoie, Mary

Fall (VIP Book 3)

Callihan, Kristen

Dead Awake

McSporran, Jack

Outmatched

Callihan, Kristen

Jenn has 2 reviews

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Tierney S.

Tierney S.

Jan, 2025

Jenn is exceptionally thorough and brings an incredible eye for detail to her work. The clear and thoughtful changes she suggested added depth and polish, and I can’t wait to collaborate with her again in the future. She's helped in ways I hadn't even realised were possible. Highly recommend!
Arthur B.

Arthur B.

Oct, 2023

Was a pleasure to work with!

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