Mia C

Mia C – Editor

Developmental editor specialising in fiction, memoir and cookery with experience at HarperCollins Publishers and a New York literary agency.

Overview

I am passionate about bringing more stories into the world. As an editor at one of the big five publishers, HarperCollins Publishers, I honed my editorial abilities over countless manuscripts in both non-fiction and fiction. I have lots of hands-on experience working with authors and I have interviewed many at book festivals. I have also worked as a freelance book reviewer for The Paris Review, Guardian, Irish Times, and others, and therefore I am experienced at accurately distilling a book down to the bare bones and identifying what makes good writing truly stand out. Before working as an editor I was a bookseller for several years.


I can help you to find the voice in your writing and provide a developmental edit. I have extensive experience copyediting and proofreading also. I can help you work out how to pitch your idea and what books are good comps when speaking with editors and agents. I'm interested in projects related to literary fiction, food writing or nonfiction about literature, among other genres. You can expect a friendly, encouraging and professional manner from me and clear dates and timelines.


Please get in touch if you would like to work together.

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits History
Fiction
Contemporary Fiction Literary Fiction
Languages
English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • James Patterson Young Bookseller of the Year 2019
  • Marian Keyes Young Writer Award 2019

Work experience

HarperCollins Publishers

Aug, 2020 — Sep, 2023 (about 3 years)

I worked on a huge variety of non-fiction from cookery, memoir, and narrative non-fiction to beautifully designed books. I worked with authors on rounds of edits, proofread, copy-edited and helped with developmental edits.
I also worked for six months in Publicity at HarperCollins Publishers.

Freelance

Sep, 2018 — Present

Freelance book reviewer for The Paris Review, Guardian, Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, and others.

Dubray Books

Sep, 2018 — Jan, 2020 (over 1 year)

I was an award-winning bookseller and managed a range of sections.

Freelance

Jan, 2018 — Present

I have proofread a variety of fiction for Daunt Books and Tramp Press.

Portfolio

Valentino and Sagittarius

Ginzburg, Natalia

NYRB Classics

Proofreading
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading
Developmental Editing Copy Editing
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review
The Unforeseen (Recovered Voices, 4)

Macardle, Dorothy

Tramp Press

Copy Editing Editorial Assessment
The Uninvited

Macardle, Dorothy

Tramp Press

Copy Editing Editorial Assessment
I Hate Men

Harmange, Pauline

Fourth Estate

Editorial Assessment Proofreading
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review
Catland: Louis Wain and the Great Cat Mania

Hughes, Kathryn

Johns Hopkins University Press

Copy Editing Query Letter Review
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading Query Letter Review
Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review
Toast : The Story of a Boy's Hunger

Slater, Nigel

Harperperennial

Copy Editing Proofreading
One The Only Way To Cook For You

Anna Jones

Fourth Estate Ltd

Developmental Editing Proofreading
Notes To Self

Emilie Pine

Tramp Press

Editorial Assessment Proofreading
The Free World: Art and Thought in the Cold War

Menand, Louis

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review
Family and Borghesia

Ginzburg, Natalia

NYRB Classics

Proofreading Query Letter Review
Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia

Freeman, Hadley

Simon & Schuster

Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment
Developmental Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

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