Experienced and friendly non-fiction editor with a passion for bringing your stories, research and ideas to a wide audience.
I'm a freelance copy-editor with 12 years of experience at Cambridge University Press and 6 years and counting as a freelancer. I understand what your publisher is looking for, and can work with you to develop an effective, marketable proposal and a professional, well-prepared manuscript.
It goes without saying that I will take care of tidying up your grammar, references and bibliography and making the index, if needed. But I’m also a keen reader and writer of creative non-fiction, and will have your readers at the forefront of my mind as I help you bring your ideas to life and polish your prose.
My academic background is in literature and history (I have an English degree from Cambridge and a PhD in seventeenth-century literary history). I have also copy-edited in classics, philosophy, environmental studies, education and linguistics and have a good knowledge of a number of European languages.
I love working with authors to present their material in the best possible way; I am flexible in how we achieve this, and can offer different levels of editing depending on your needs.
Feel free to contact me for a chat about how we might be able to work together.
EDITING
I copy-edit books and articles in the humanities and social sciences, working with a number of publishers and authors.
WRITING
I write jacket copy for books, features and interviews for development publications in the university sector and promotional copy for events.
Managing Editor, Digital Humanities and Social Sciences (2013–2016)
Commissioning Editor, History (2012–2013)
Editor/Assistant Editor, Literature (2003–2012)
Roe-Crines Andrew, Crines, Andrew Scott
Carney, Elizabeth D., Müller, Sabine
Warnes, Christopher, Sasser, Kim Anderson
Khan, Matluba, Bell, Simon, Wood, Jenny
Camphora, Ana Lucia, Adelman, Miriam
Hornak, Bruce
Roberge, Pierre
John b Blackmur, December 2022
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Pierre Roberge, September 2022
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Bruce Hornak, April 2022
Bruce Hornak, March 2022
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Ali Usman Qasmi, March 2022
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