Kristen Hall-Geisler

Kristen Hall-Geisler – Editor

I love editing narrative nonfiction books and historical fiction. The more facts there are to check, the happier I am.

Overview

I've been a freelance editor since 2006, and I specialize in narrative nonfiction, including memoir and autobiography, and historical fiction. I have also worked on several projects that were translated into English and needed to be edited to conform to North American usage. And I have spent twenty years in the automotive publishing niche.

As an editor, I enjoy digging into the details you've unearthed in your research and polishing the prose so it shines like a gem. Nonfiction authors who have an academic background but want to write for a more general audience make for fascinating collaborators. I love working with fiction authors who have followed a historical thread as far as it leads them and knitted a novel from it. My job as editor is to make your project the coherent, convincing book you imagined writing on day one.

I have experience with all levels of editorial guidance, from giving high-level feedback on early drafts all the way through final proofreading. I also fact check projects as part of line editing or as a separate service. I even enjoy creating a bibliography or resource list using the author's notes.

I do my best to honor your style and offer precise corrections, but the book is your project, and you always have control over the final product. I use The Chicago Manual of Style most frequently, but I also have experience with AP, New York Times, Words into Type, and house style guides.

If you've got a project that needs polish, maybe we could work together. I'm often booked about a month in advance, so contact me as you're wrapping up your latest round of revisions to see if we might make a great team.
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Sports & Outdoors Transportation
Fiction
Historical Fiction Literary Fiction
Languages
English (CAN) English (US)

Work experience

Relay Publishing

Jan, 2023 — Present

I provide high-level structural feedback as well as line editing services for packaged series on a quick deadline.

Indigo

Nov, 2012 — Present

As a contract editor with Indigo, I have taken on a variety of book projects, but those I like best are the scientific and historical labors of love. Authors who have poured years of research and hours of writing into a project and are in search of some perspective and guidance as they move toward self-publishing are my favorite authors to work with.

Self-employed

Sep, 2006 — Present

Portfolio

A Great Length of Time

Joyce Cherry Cresswell

Assigned as a nurse to a hospital ship during the Civil War, Dr. Rose Barnett hopes someone will apprentice her in the modern art of surgery. But she has more to learn than how to amputate the ruined limbs of Union soldiers. Confronted by her own preconceived ... read more
Do Elephants Have Knees?

Charles R Ault Jr.

Thinking whimsically makes serious science accessible. That's a message that should be taken to heart by all readers who want to learn about evolution. Do Elephants Have Knees? invites readers into serious appreciation of Darwinian histories by deploying the p... read more
The Mission

Péter Zsoldos

The mission was a failure. The crew is dead or dying. Soon, a derelict ship will be the only remnant of this expedition, towering above the primeval landscape of a prehistoric planet. But the ship's AI holds the seeds of a new mission in a program designed by ... read more
Eliza Jane

Lila Osborn Mechling

In 1879 life offers very few choices for a seventeen-year-old girl. Eliza Jane Ludlow, eldest daughter of a large family, must leave her beloved grandma behind in New York and move with Mumma and the other children to join Papa on a virgin farm near Huron City... read more
The athlete’s guide to building a personal brand and a future beyond sports.Athletes Are Brands Too teaches athletes at every level how to build a brand that can lead to success in life, regardless of what happens in their athletic career. One part road map, o... read more
"The Groundhopper's Guide to Soccer in England, 2018-19 Season" is your comprehensive guide to seeing soccer in England. With profiles of more than 50 clubs and plenty of tips on getting tickets, understanding the schedule, and picking the best game to go see,... read more
Count the Mountains

Pamela Lindholm-Levy

Linnie Ann Adams and her father leave Illinois for Denver expecting abundant rewards from a gold mine investment. All too soon both the stock and Linnie Ann’s father die, and she is left penniless and without prospects.She agrees to assist a mining town doctor... read more
This guide for teachers provides a new look at classroom systems to support students on the autism spectrum. The easily adaptable accommodations in From Surviving to Thriving address common areas of need for students on the spectrum who are capable of particip... read more
For several decades educators have struggled to identify the attributes all sciences have in common. In the popular mind this effort constitutes the importance of teaching “the” scientific method. In the policy maker’s world this pursuit yields standards for a... read more
Two days before he would die from a cardiac arrest and be resuscitated following a routine medical procedure, Fred Swan wrote a skeptical prayer in a journal. Discouraged and depressed he asked the Universe that he might wake from his upcoming procedure a “cha... read more
An Irish Volunteer

Juliet Cardinal

An Irish Volunteer is based on the true stories of Joe Plunkett and Grace Gifford. Joe is an eccentric, mystical poet and the Catholic son of a count. He joins a secret rebel organization of writers, professors, philosophers, and activists in a revolution agai... read more

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