Maria Andrade - Editor

Name: Maria Andrade
Address: Bogotá, Bogota, Colombia
Telephone: +1 407-233-3331

I offer text assessments, developmental and copy editing, in English and Spanish. I specialize in academic writing and literature.

Overview

I am a writer and editor, with over twenty years of experience in helping others write powerful and convincing texts. As a published writer, I understand the creative and editorial process, and I will be able to accompany you. i am fluent in both English and Spanish, and I am available to help with different aspects of writing and editing in both languages. I have experience in education, academic publishing, fiction, nonfiction, and journalism.

I can provide an editorial assessment of your original manuscript, and I can help you in the developmental editing process of literary works, essays, textbooks, trade books, self-published books, research books, and articles.

I have been teaching writing at the college level for twenty-two years, and I know how to make a text more impactful, persuasive, coherent, and precise. I can tailor your text to a specific audience and can help you get a message across in the most effective way. As a published researcher and fiction writer, I know what it takes to write persuasively.

Below is a sample of books I have edited for academic presses, and of journals for which I have been editor.

I donate 1% of my earnings to the Stripe Climate initiative.

Services

Developmental Editing

Copy Editing

Editorial Assessment

Proofreading

Languages

English to Spanish

Non-Fiction

Biographies & Memoirs

Education & Reference

Philosophy

Fiction

Classics

Contemporary Fiction

Certifications

PhD in English, SUNY Stony Brook
MA in Philosophy, New School for Social Research
MA in Spanish, SUNY Stony Brook
"Grammar and Punctuation" Certificate, UC Irvine

Awards

Turner Fellowship, SUNY Stony Brook
University Scholar, New School for Social Research
Scholar, NEH Summer Program
Scholar, School of Critical and Social Research, New School
Visiting Scholar, Columbia University

Work experience

Professor

Universidad de los Andes

July, 2007 – Present (over 15 years)

I teach literature, philosophy, and creative writing. As part of my job, I guide and edit all levels of student writing projects, from papers to dissertations. I have also published and edited my own academic and creative work, with major academic presses and independent literary publishers. I have served as editor of the journal Revista de Estudios Colombianos and Perífrasis; I have been a reviewer for many journals and publishing houses, and I am a member of the board of international journals.

Associate Managing Editor

Self-employed

January, 2002 – January, 2011 (about 9 years)

I participated in all aspects of the editorial process of the academic journal Latin American Essays, including: preselecting articles for review; overseeing desk rejections; selecting reviewers; proofreading and editing.

I held this role for numbers 16-25 of the journal, which is available at the MACLAS web page.

Professor

City University of New York, Baruch College

September, 2001 – August, 2007 (almost 6 years)

I was a professor of Comparative Literature and Latinx Studies. I guided students' writing projects, and helped them revise. I also published and edited my own work.

Portfolio (3 selected works)

Collecting from the Margins: Material Culture in a Latin American Context

Andrade, María Mercedes, Austin, Kelly, Garrigan, Shelley, Martínez-Pinzón, Felipe, Pérez, Fernando, Reynolds, Andrew, Uriarte, Javier, Vilella, Olga

WALTER BENJAMIN AQUI Y AHORA

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Historia privada de los colombianos

Caballero Calderón, Eduardo

«Eduardo Caballero Calderón es un referente indispensable en la literatura colombiana del siglo xx, tanto por su destreza estilística como por su interés por reflexionar sobre la realidad nacional de su época a partir de los géneros literarios que cultivó, entre los cuales se cuentan el ensayo, la novela, el relato, la columna periodística y las memorias. […] Historia privada de los colombiano... read more