Overview
I am a freelance copy/line editor, proofreader and developmental editor. I am meticulous, reliable, and passionate about helping every book I work on reach its full potential. As a published author with an MA in creative writing, I understand the unique intimacy of being edited, and I love working with people to ensure that every sentence is polished and every idea is clear.
My particular areas of expertise include travel, memoir, history, business and management, though my interests are wide ranging. I also have a PhD in cultural geography from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or would like to discuss your project!
My particular areas of expertise include travel, memoir, history, business and management, though my interests are wide ranging. I also have a PhD in cultural geography from Royal Holloway, University of London.
Please do get in touch if you have any questions or would like to discuss your project!
Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs
Business & Management
History
Humanities & Social Sciences
Music
Travel
Fiction
Historical Fiction
Languages
English (UK)
English (US)
Certifications
- PhD
- MA
- BSc
Work experience
Self-employed
Jul, 2011 —
Present
Over seven years of freelance writing, editing and research experience. Particular areas of expertise include:
- Copyediting and proofreading
- Structural/developmental editing
- Research assistance
- Writing articles, blog posts, newsletters, and other copy for a range of clients and outlets
Dr. Sophie Ratcliffe
Jun, 2009 —
Oct, 2011
(over 2 years)
Research assistant to Dr. Sophie Ratcliffe (Oxford University), working on the collected letters of P.G. Wodehouse (P.G. Wodehouse: A Life in Letters, published by Hutchinson, November 2011).
Portfolio
Ex-ballerina and single mum Sylvie is in trouble. Juggling her ballet classes in the nearest town, preparing shy Sam for his first day at Penmenna Village school and trying to finally move out from the farm she shares with her cantankerous Uncle Tom means life... read more
Commander Cochrane Smith must battle through treacherous waters in this First World War naval thrillerSpring 1918: Bolshevik Russia has withdrawn from the war and now stands isolated, ineffectually hostile to both Germany and the Allied Forces. The Russian fle... read more
The odds are against Commander Smith in this unputdownable story of battle on the high seasAutumn, 1917: Britain is just about surviving against incessant U-boat attacks, but there are mutinies in France, a revolution in Russia and stalemate on the Western Fro... read more
From Book 1: Nero casts his madness over Rome in this epic historical Roman adventure AD 68: the tyrant emperor Nero has no son and no heir. With the very real possibility that Rome might become a republic once more, the ambitions of a few are about to bring u... read more
From Book 1: A fallen aristocrat must prove himself in the furnace of Napoleon’s army...1795: Confusion and fear reign in the French Republic. With her troops facing starvation and annihilation on three fronts, France is killing her patriots…Alain Lausard, an ... read more
An earth-shattering plot, a race against timeRussia has developed a new offensive capability. It's devastating and, above all, secret. The world would be remade.But when a corpse turns up on the remote Arctic island of Svalbard, it soon becomes clear this was ... read more
Celebrating midwinter is not about what you buy or how much you spend – it's about your attitude to life. Turn away from the frenetic consumerism of Christmas and rediscover the authentic and meaningful realities of this, the oldest and most precious celebrati... read more
Don’t Hold My Head Down is a memoir about sex. It starts with the author having a disappointing, drunken wank to internet porn, and ends with her having day-long orgasms and taking on the most powerful newspaper in the country. In her mid-thirties, Lucy-Anne H... read more
As tensions simmer in Shanghai, children go missing…Shanghai 1932: Inspector Danilov hasn't recovered from the death of his child... but across a Shanghai riven with communal tensions, children are going missing.Missing, and then murdered. Who is responsible? ... read more
An extraordinary story of the Knights Templar, seen from the bloody insideEurope is aflame. On the Iberian Peninsula the wars of the Reconquista rage across Aragon and Castile. Once again, the Moors are gaining the upper hand. Christendom is divided.Amidst the... read more
Four university friends, four devastating secrets.I’m really sorry for what I’m about to do...It’s fifteen years since graduation, and Connie, Jonas, JJ and Layla have managed to remain close despite the odds. They’ve supported each other, but are some things ... read more
Discover how authors’ personal experiences in their homes shaped the iconic imaginative dwellings of English literature: Virginia Woolf’s love of Talland House is palpable in To the Lighthouse, just as London’s Bloomsbury is ever-present in Mrs. Dalloway. E.M.... read more
'Clever, quirky, original, hilarious.' Joanne HarrisDaedalus Mole wants to make the best of a bad situation. The plan: fly his unwanted passenger, Erin, to her destination, squeeze her for every last penny, then immediately find refuge in the nearest pub. Unfo... read more
Do you remember what it was like to be a child? A time when your imagination would run rife and it was easy to imagine yourself as a superhero? What was your superpower? Flying at the speed of light, X-ray vision, invisibility or the ability to turn your bruss... read more
After a decade of trying to become a mother – eleven rounds of unsuccessful IVF, multiple miscarriages and a pregnancy which proved almost fatal – Jessica Hepburn knew it was time to do something different.So she decided to swim the twenty-one miles across the... read more
‘Touching, insightful and human – this book demands a social and, above all, a political response’ Jon SnowTamsen Courtenay spent two months speaking to people who live on London’s streets, the homeless and the destitute – people who feel they are invisible. W... read more
Opening in the mid-nineteenth-century, this dazzling debut novel traces the voyage of Song, a boy who leaves his impoverished family in rural China to seek his fortune. Song may have survived the perilous journey to the colony of British Guiana in the Caribbea... read more
Over the last five years, transgender people have seemed to burst into the public eye: Time declared 2014 a ‘trans tipping point’, while American Vogue named 2015 ‘the year of trans visibility’. From our television screens to the ballot box, transgender people... read more
Tales from the happily never after At a wedding, one woman's revenge comes in the shape of her heavily pregnant belly. As a career girl attempts to climb the ladder she slides down into ever more grotesque flatshares. A single woman who always attends parties ... read more
Laura Thompson’s grandmother Violet was one of the great landladies. Born in a London pub, she became the first woman to be given a publican’s licence in her own name and, just as pubs defined her life, she seemed in many ways to embody their essence. Laura sp... read more
Of all the world’s books, the best stories are to be found between the pages of a passport.Scraps of Wool is a celebration of the Golden Age of travel writing, bringing together in one volume inspirational and classic passages that have enthralled and excited ... read more
Deep in the Crusades, Tom has run away from home to discover what the noble life of a knight is really like. But now that his dreams have come true and he has been knighted, all is not as rosy as he'd hoped. Terry Jones is known for his work with Monty Python,... read more
Have you ever wondered why the moon is sometimes blue?The New Almanac revives the tradition of the rural almanac for those who want to connect with the seasons through gardening, eating seasonally, moon-gazing, foraging, celebrating feast days and picking seas... read more
Rose Bretecher has OCD, but not as you know it. Pure is the true story of her life with intrusive sexual thoughts - a rampant but little-known symptom of the disorder. It tracks her farcical ten-year path to redemption, from the time she was first seized by gr... read more
