Mitchell Gauvin – Editor

I'm an editor and published author with deep expertise in both fiction and non-fiction. I offer a full range of editorial services—copyediting, proofreading, developmental editing, and editorial assessment—with a focus on enhancing your unique voice and vision.

My specializations include upmarket, literary, and contemporary fiction and non-fiction, including realism, humor/comedy, historical fiction, crime fiction, women's fiction, and family drama, as well as memoir, biography, personal essay, general history, and true crime. I have a particular affinity for mixed-genre or genre-bending work. If your project defies easy categorization or plays with genre conventions, I’d be excited to work with you.

My editing approach draws on both my industry experience and my background as a published writer of novels, short stories, and essays. I bring a writer’s sensitivity to voice and narrative together with an editor’s precision in language, structure, and syntax. I see editing not as an isolated activity but as a creative dialogue—one that helps writers experiment, refine, and ultimately sharpen their craft.

Since 2015, I’ve worked closely with Latitude 46 Publishing, where I developed the company’s editorial policy, reviewed submissions and query letters, and served as editor of ALONG THE 46TH (2015)—an anthology of short fiction showcasing twelve different authors—for which I also wrote the introduction. Since then, I’ve collaborated with numerous authors to revise and refine their fiction and non-fiction projects, including:

- THE HAUNTING OF MODESTO O'BRIEN by Brit Griffin (Gothic Western/speculative, forthcoming Fall 2025)

- LIES I TOLD MY SISTER by Louise Ells (women's fiction)

- The novels of Rod Carley (three long listed for the Stephen Leacock Medal for Humour)

- THE UNDERTAKING OF BILLY BUFFONE by David Giuliano (realism; Winner of the 2022 AICW Bressani Literary Prize for Fiction)

- THE SEVENTH SHOT by Ann Burke (true crime; Finalist for the Next Generation Indie Awards for Regional Non-fiction)

- SOMEWHERE PICKING DANDELIONS by Diana Douglas (shortlisted for the Northern Lit Award)

- JOE PETE by Ian McCulloch (Indigenous fiction)

- DEEP SEA FELINE by Dave Hurlow (speculative fiction)

- THE DEPENDENT by Danielle Daniel (memoir)

- LEADING THE PACK by Scott Miller (sports biography)

- JERRY LEWIS TOLD ME I WAS GOING TO DIE by Matthew Del Papa (essays on disability)

- SURVIVING STUTTHOF by Lisa Kovala (Holocaust memoir)

In addition to editing, I’m a university lecturer and researcher with a PhD in English from York University in Toronto. I’ve taught literature, creative writing, and academic communication, and my scholarly work has been published in several academic journals. This background informs not only my editorial precision but also my commitment to respectful, clear, and thoughtful communication with authors.