Jennifer Cappello

Jennifer Cappello – Editor

First and foremost, I am a bibliophile. My professional and personal goals are the same: To live my life surrounded by good books.

Overview

I am a professional book editor freelance book editor, proofreader, and writer; logophile; bibliophile; wordsmith; wife; and mom.

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Self-Help & Self-Improvement
Fiction
Fantasy Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Science Fiction Women's Fiction
Languages
English (US)
Awards
  • Runner-up Best Fiction Thesis, Chatham University 2013
Certifications
  • MFA creative writing; publishing certificate

Work experience

Self-employed

Feb, 2018 — Present

Using my 12+ years of experience as the managing editor for an independent press, I have now launched my personal freelance editing, proofreading, and writing business. At the press, I have edited over a hundred full-length manuscripts for successful publication. I have edited in all genres within fiction and nonfiction categories, and I have worked with veteran authors and first-timers alike. I am excited to bring my professional publishing experience into my new freelance endeavor, and I look forward to working with you!

Sunbury Press

Jan, 2011 — Jul, 2023 (over 12 years)

At Sunbury Press, I liaised with new and established authors, as well as with publicists, cover artists, book designers, agents, marketers, social media directors, bloggers, reviewers, interns, bookstores, distributors, and writing communities. I performed all tasks in the book editing process—including preliminary review, developmental/content edits, line edits, proofs, and extraneous editing for supplementary documents.

(NOTE: The Portfolio section contains just a small sampling of the 100+ books I’ve professionally edited and/or proofread for Sunbury Press and its imprints throughout my publishing career.)

Portfolio

Catharine or the Bower

Austen, Jane

Jack's Lantern (The Watchmaker Revelations)

Hawley, Michael L

The Whispers of the Crows

Romines, Kyle Alexander

Southside Sinners (Cultures Collide)

Rommel, Keith

The Book of Sariel: A Supernatural Thriller (Thanatology)

Rommel, Keith

The Silent Woman: A Psychological Thriller (Shade of the Reaper)

Rommel, Keith

Ice Canyon Monster

Rommel, Keith

White River Monster

Rommel, Keith

The Devil Tree II: The Calling

Rommel, Keith

The Devil Tree

Rommel, Keith

Dead of Winter: An Alexa Williams Novel

Knowlton, Sherry

Dead on the Delta: An Alexa Williams Novel

Knowlton, Sherry

Wrong Kind of Paper

Simmons, Cynthia

The Klondike Bake-Oven Deaths

Hornblum, Allen M

That Darkened Doorstep: Stories Inspired by an Unopened Door and Its Darkened Doorstep

Jordan, Catherine

Powder Mission

Stover, Herbert E.

Code Calm on the Streets: Mental Toughness Skills for Pre-Hospital Emergency Personnel

Whitelock D.O., Kerry A.

Digging Dusky Diamonds: A History of the Pennsylvania Coal Region

Lindermuth, John R.

The View from Four Foot Two

Markowitz, Judi

Star Power: Creating Success Hollywood Style!

Whelan, JIm

Redemption

Frey, Courtney

Restitution

Frey, Courtney

Embattled Freedom: Chronicle of a Fugitive-Slave Haven in the Wary North

Remsen, Jim

German Prisoners of War at Camp Cooke, California

Geiger, Jeffrey E

Cruel Death, Heartless Aftermath: My Family's End-of-Life Nightmare and How To Avoid It

Mancini, Barbara

What to Do About Mama?: Expectations and Realities of Caregiving

Barbara Matthews

Mere Catholicism: Faith in the Third Millennium

Agatino, Daniel

Give In to Win: Life-Changing Strategies for Overcoming Self-Defeating Behaviors

Agatino, Daniel

Art a la Cart: Memoir of a Wayfaring Art Teacher

Bickett, Marianne

Found. Still lost.

Walkowiak, Ashley Nichole

A Man of Modern Letters (Hemingway and the Rise of Modern Literature)

McLallen, Wylie Graham

Unbridled Dreamer (Hemingway and the Rise of Modern Literature)

McLallen, Wylie Graham

Beyond the Sunset, a travel memoir: Volume 2 - Expanding My Horizons

Knowlton, Sherry

Beyond the Sunset, a travel memoir: Volume 1: Adventures Outside My Comfort Zone

Knowlton, Sherry

The Keeper of the Crows

Kyle Alexander Romines

No evil can remain buried forever, as disgraced journalist Thomas Brooks discovers when a wave of death grips the rural Kentucky town of Gray Hollow in terror. Following a very public humiliation, Thomas is looking for a story to get him back on the map—and fr... read more
Atonement

Kyle Alexander Romines

In the years following the Civil War, lawlessness and corruption reign across the United States and its territories. The West is the most dangerous place of all. When a deadly gang overruns the small community of Casper, Wyoming, the townspeople find themselve... read more
A Short Season: Faith, Family, and a Boy's Love for Baseball

G David Bohner

No parent is ever ready for a terminal diagnosis of their child. No mother should see the day where turning off your son's ventilator is the only option to end his pain. And no grandfather should see the day when your grandchild is scheduled to die in his moth... read more
Jesus the Phoenician

Karim El Koussa

Could it be possible that Jesus was not Jewish? What would that mean to the faithful? Jesus the Phoenician exposes, among other unprecedented certitudes, the origin of the Jewish faith and the true hidden identity of Jesus Christ. Though the author claims no t... read more
Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety

Michael L. Hawley

Jack the Ripper Suspect Dr. Francis Tumblety highlights the most recent groundbreaking discoveries concerning one of Scotland Yard’s top Jack the Ripper suspects in the 1888 Whitechapel Murders Investigation, Dr. Francis Tumblety. Among the discoveries is over... read more
The Ripper's Haunts

Michael L Hawley

Hidden from history for over a century, the name of Scotland Yard's key suspect in the mysterious Jack the Ripper murders was rediscovered in 1993. He was arrested, jumped bail, sneaked out of England--and then the murders stopped. Tracing his footsteps throug... read more
The Sinful Man (Thanatology Book 3)

Keith Rommel

Please note:The first four books in the Thanatology Series can be read in any order. It's recommended the first four books are read before moving on to books five and six as they begin to tie the universe together and reference prior books. Headaches. Hunger. ... read more
The Lurking Man (Thanatology Book 2)

Keith Rommel

Please note:The first four books in the Thanatology Series can be read in any order. It's recommended the first four books are read before moving on to books five and six as they begin to tie the universe together and reference prior books. .NOW A MOTION PICTU... read more
Of Guilt and Innocence

John Scanlan

The abduction of five-year-old Ashley Wooten from her own front yard rattles everyone in the quiet, upscale community of Boca Raton to their core, but no one more so than the little girl's father, Tom Wooten. As the grieving father and successful businessman b... read more
A Year of Change and Consequences

Mark Singel

1993: A Year of Change and Consequences Mark Singel, a Johnstown native and Penn State graduate, won election as Lieutenant Governor in 1986 as Robert Casey's running mate. In 1993, Governor Casey was stricken with Appalachian familial amyloidosis, a rare and ... read more
Keystone Corruption Continues: Cash Payoffs, Porngate and the Kathleen Kane Scandal

Brad Bumsted

Once again, a crime wave swept through Pennsylvania state government. During a 17-month period from early 2015 through mid-2016, a sitting state treasurer, and a former state treasurer, both statewide elected officials who were guardians of taxpayers' money, w... read more
Dead of Summer

Sherry Knowlton

"Alexa Williams is a sassy, alpha-female heroine. The plot is knotty,lots of will she or won't she, all woven into an intense battle of witsthat heats up every page." - Steve Berry, New York Times and #1 International Bestselling Author * 2017 Best Book Awards... read more
Dead of Autumn (Alexa Williams)

Sherry Knowlton

The Alexa Williams novel that started it all. An ethereal blonde sprawled by a mountain stream. Three young girls on a blanket in the woods. Decades separate the discovery of these dead bodies, but the lesson they offer is the same. Evil can lurk much closer t... read more
Dead of Spring (Alexa Williams)

Sherry Knowlton

Fracking. Political corruption. A dead Senator. A dying child.With Sherry Knowlton's trademark mix of feminism, history, romance andfast-paced thrills, Dead of Spring places Alexa Williams on a collisioncourse with danger. Hang on for the ride.* 2017 Best Book... read more
Amelia Earhart: The Truth at Last: Second Edition

Mike Campbell

Nearly everything the American public has seen, read and heard in the media for nearly eighty years about the so-called Amelia Earhart mystery is intentionally false or inadvertently misleading. The widely accepted myth that the disappearance of Amelia Earhart... read more
Fortune's Lament (Anthems of al-Andalus) (Volume 3)

John D Cressler

Much of modern Spain was under Muslim control for nearly 800 years (from 711 to 1492 C.E.). Medieval Islamic Spain was deeply influential in world history, for a multitude of reasons, including the rediscovery, translation, and dissemination of the lost works ... read more
Shadows in the Shining City (Anthems of Al-andalus)

John D. Cressler

The Golden Age of Moorish Spain was during the 10th century, a time when the benevolent Arab Caliphs ruled Iberia from Córdoba, the site of the iconic Great Mosque and home to the Royal Library, one of the largest collections of ancient books ever assembled. 1... read more

Jennifer has 12 reviews

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Lauren B.

Lauren B.

Mar, 2024

Great as always! Jennifer has so many insightful comments and is very thorough and easy to work with. I'll be back!
Jennifer C.
Lauren is a great author and client. I've had a wonderful experience working with her on two books in her series, and I look forward to the next opportunity to collaborate.
Douglas H.

Douglas H.

Jul, 2023

Jennifer did a fantastic job. It was an added bonus when she told me she had visited the resort town where my story takes place.
Jennifer C.
Thanks, Douglas! It was a pleasure working with you!
Lauren B.

Lauren B.

Jul, 2023

Jennifer was kind and easy to work with. Her edits were insightful and extremely valuable. The quality of my manuscript increased dramatically. Thanks!
Jennifer C.
Thanks, Lauren! I really enjoyed working with you. I look forward to reading the rest of your series!
Karl F.

Karl F.

Mar, 2023

Jennifer did an excellent job. She went beyond proofreading and addressed many other issues with my novel. I hope to work with her again. I would like her input earlier in the process like at the assessment and development stage.
Jennifer C.
Karl is a decisive writer who knows exactly the story he wants to tell. His writing is intentional, from word choice to sentence structure to verb tense to POV. He communicates in a timely manner a...
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Jesse J.

Jesse J.

Jul, 2022

Jennifer is a true professional and a great editor. This is my second time working with her on one of my books. There will definitely be a third time in the future. She is terrific! Jennifer goes the extra mile, above and beyond the call of duty! I wish that there were more like her out there. A great collaborator and a great person. Jesse "J.H." James
Jennifer C.
Thanks, Jesse! Always a pleasure working with you. Looking forward to the next one!

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