Karl Jones, Editor in Tulsa, OK, USA

Overview

I am an experienced book editor with over twelve years of experience within Big 5 Book Publishing and additional experience consulting authors working in self-publishing platforms and academic presses. I've edited, authored and co-authored more than two hundred book titles in licensed publishing, IP development programs and traditional acquisitions, including NY Times Bestsellers and critically acclaimed award-winning fiction and nonfiction. As a curator and event producer, I have developed narrative engagements in the form of exhibitions and public programs at museums and cultural institutions across the United States for over two decades. I am passionate about fiction and non-fiction narratives.

Services

Developmental Editing

Editorial Assessment

Proofreading

Query Letter Review

Non-Fiction

Art History LGBTQ Non-Fiction

Fiction

Children's Science Fiction Young Adult

Languages

English (US)

Certifications

Digital Publishing
Children's Publishing

Work experience

Editor, Literary and Arts Agent

Self-employed

Jan, 2021 — Present

After a decade of editorial experience with Penguin Random House, I moved to Oklahoma to begin a residency program with the Tulsa Artist Fellowship programming architecture and arts festivals, community exhibitions and arts and history educational programming for all ages. I continue to provide freelance editorial services as well as talent identification and development.

Editor

Penguin Random House

Aug, 2010 — Jan, 2021 (over 10 years)

I served as an editor for Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Young Readers Group specializing in IP Development, Licensed Publishing and traditional acquisitions. I edited over one hundred titles in all genres for readers 0 to 17 including picture and board books, middle grade novels and series and young adult fiction and nonfiction. My books earned starred reviews and spots on The NY Times Bestsellers List and I maintain strong relationships with agents and industry executives in NYC and Los Angeles while cultivating talent in the editorially underrepresented American South, The Great Plains and Rocky Mountain regions.