Overview
I'm an editor and academic with experience working in children's, teens' and YA books. I spent three years in-house at Scottish children's publisher Floris Books, where I had the pleasure of working on The Nowhere Emporium by Ross Mackenzie (Blue Peter Book Award & Scottish Children’s Book Award winner) and Ferryman by Claire McFall (Scottish Children’s Book Award winner). My freelance clients include Canongate, Ebury, 404 Ink, Floris Books, Barrington Stoke, Bright Red Publishing, Jenny Brown Associates and North Ayrshire Council.
I love working with writers and encouraging them along their journey to publication. My feedback style is friendly and conversational, and I enjoy getting to know clients as we work together. I pride myself on attention to detail but take a light touch with editing, as I believe the author's voice should resonate throughout the work. Usually the editorial process has a few different stages, and I am very happy to tailor our plan to whatever your project requires. We would be in touch frequently throughout the process and check in at every stage of development.
I love working with writers and encouraging them along their journey to publication. My feedback style is friendly and conversational, and I enjoy getting to know clients as we work together. I pride myself on attention to detail but take a light touch with editing, as I believe the author's voice should resonate throughout the work. Usually the editorial process has a few different stages, and I am very happy to tailor our plan to whatever your project requires. We would be in touch frequently throughout the process and check in at every stage of development.
Services
Fiction
Middle Grade
Middle Grade Fantasy
Picture Books
Young Adult
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Awards
- Longlisted for Branford Boase award for editors and authors 2018
Certifications
- Society for Editors and Proofreaders Intermediate Qualification
Work experience
Floris Books / Kelpies
May, 2014 —
Jul, 2017
(about 3 years)
Structural, line and copy-editing prizewinning children’s and YA fiction, as well as specialist non-fiction.
Mainstream Publishing (now Penguin Random House imprint)
May, 2013 —
Dec, 2013
(7 months)
Oxford University Press
Jul, 2012 —
Aug, 2012
(about 1 month)
Working in children's educational texts and ELT.
Portfolio
Quick-witted, sharp-tongued Connor Lambert won't take it any longer: the bullying, the secrets, the sympathy. He's been dying from cancer for years, but he’s not dead yet. He's going down fighting.Forming an unlikely friendship with fellow juvenile delinquent ... read more
With the help of a wisecracking, steampunk robot, two accidental superheroes discover that they have inherited some amazing, if unusual, abilities. Computer whiz Megan can fly (mostly sleep-flying, but she's working on it) while her best friend Cameron can (in... read more
The Nowhere Emporium has been stolen.The shop from nowhere has vanished without a trace. Will it ever reappear?As they search for the lost Emporium, Daniel and Ellie encounter magical bookshops, deserted islands in the dead of nig
When Porridge was a wee kitten he toppled into a tin of tartan paint -- which is easy to do and not so easy to say.Now he lives by Loch Loch with the quirky McFun family: Gadget Grandad, Groovy Gran, Dino Dad, Mini Mum and the twins, Roaring Ross and Invisible... read more
When Porridge was a wee kitten he toppled into a tin of tartan paint -- which is easy to do and not so easy to say. Now he lives by Loch Loch with the quirky McFun family: Gadget Grandad, Groovy Gran, Dino Dad, Mini Mum and the twins, Roaring Ross and Invisibl... read more
Tristan and Dylan have escaped the afterlife.But fate never meant for them to live.Dylan should have been killed in a horrific train crash. Tristan should still be a Ferryman, an immortal.Now, living in bodies they have no right to inhabit, they discover they'... read more
Lily's already got plenty going on living with a moody teenage sister, two feral brothers and a messy baby sister. Mum and Gran are stressed to the max, both dads are out of the picture and the cats aren't exactly pulling their weight. But when she starts gett... read more
When the mysterious Nowhere Emporium arrives in Glasgow, orphan Daniel Holmes stumbles upon it quite by accident. Before long, the 'shop from nowhere' -- and its owner, Mr Silver -- draw Daniel into a breathtaking world of magic and enchantment. Recruited as M... read more
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Rachael B.
Aug, 2023
