Lynn Selhat

Lynn Selhat – Editor

Copy editor with more than 20 years experience, primarily editing books in the business category for the academic and practitioner markets.

Overview

I help clients, primarily professors of strategy and management, transform manuscripts into clear, compelling, and easy-to-read books destined for the academic and practitioner market in the business category. I have worked with professors from the world's top management schools, including: Wharton, INSEAD, and MIT Sloan.

Bringing more than 20 years of experience to the table, I work closely with authors to understand their goals, manage deadlines, and guide them toward the best possible end product through careful copy editing.

Recent book topics include private equity, employment trends, teams, social entrepreneurship, and impact investing.

Publishers of the books I have edited include Wiley, Elgar, Harvard Business School Press, Wharton Press, and Cambridge University Press.

Services
Non-Fiction
Business & Management
Languages
English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2005 — Present
I work primarily with professors of strategy and management at business schools throughout the world to edit books destined for the academic and practitioner markets. I edit for clarity, readability, and consistency of tone. In addition to copy editing, I have conducted interviews and written case studies for clients. An ongoing project since 2012 has been serving as the writing coach for faculty and doctoral students at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. In this capacity, I work with authors at various points in the publication process: in very early stages, when authors need help framing the paper and developing the overall story, through to later stages when the paper is ready for copy editing. Beyond making line edits, I always add comments explaining why I made an edit, to provide a learning opportunity for the authors.

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Candy B.

Candy B.

Feb, 2026

I can't say enough great things about Lynn - she was thorough, quick, and very insightful. Her notes and changes were excellent, and she caught many things I just didn't see. She had great suggestions and pushed me to meet the timeline. I am forever grateful for the work that she did in helpi...
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Lynn S.
Thank you, Candy. It was a pleasure working with you and I know your book will be a great success!

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