Jill Sawyer, Editor in Letchworth Garden City, Herts, UK

Overview

Freelance for eight years, I am an editor and typesetter/book designer. Before that I spent 13 years at Scholastic Children's Books in the non fiction department – Horrible Science, Horrible Histories, etc – which gave me a basic grounding in many subjects and good general knowledge! Now I work mainly (but not exclusively) in adult trade fiction and non fiction in a wide range of genres from sci fi to thrillers, history to popular science – copy editing and proofreading. I am also an experienced typesetter and page/layout designer, so I'm often able to be involved in editorial and layout aspects of a project if required.

Services

Developmental Editing

Copy Editing

Proofreading

Non-Fiction

Business & Management History Nature

Fiction

Historical Fiction Mystery & Crime Science Fiction Thriller & Suspense

Languages

English (UK)

Work experience

Freelance Publishing professional

Self-employed

May, 2013 — Present

Copy-editing, proofreading, typesetting and page design, ebook conversion, list development and consulting for many publishing services agencies, publishers and self-publishers: including whitefox Publishing Services; Titan Books; Scholastic Children’s Books; Nosy Crow; Templar; Kings Road Publishing; Square and Circus; Terry Deary and Madnotes Media. Through a publishing services agency I have contributed to projects for Head of Zeus; HarperCollins; Unbound; Audible; Thomas & Mercer; Lake Union Publishing; Ebury Publishing; Watkins; Flame Tree Publishing; Andrew Jennings; Ellie Holmes and many others.

Desk Editor/Project Editor/Senior Editor/Editorial Director/Editorial Project Manager

Scholastic Children’s Books

Mar, 2000 — May, 2013 (about 13 years)

Various editorial roles in children's non fiction. Worked mainly on the Horrible Science, Horrible Histories and Horrible Geography series. Also commissioned and edited the My Story series (historical fiction).

Managing Editor (Freelance)

Dorling Kindersley

Jul, 1998 — Mar, 2000 (over 1 year)

Managing editor on the Hugo's Language Books list.

ELT proofreader (Freelance)

Pearson Education

Jul, 1998 — Mar, 2000 (over 1 year)

ELT proofreader