Cari Rosen – Editor

I am an experienced editor, working both in house for an independent publisher commissioning and editing award-winning fiction and as a freelancer for a range of companies including HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster.

I specialise in fiction of most genres including historical, reading group, crime/thriller, women's fiction and more (though not fantasy or YA) as well as narrative non-fiction/memoir and offer a range of editorial services from line and copy editing to structural editing as well as advice on submission to publishers and agents.

Books I have acquired and edited over the last couple of years have:

- been longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024

- been runner-up for the SoA Paul Torday award 2024

- won the RNA Contemporary Fiction Novel award 2024

- won the Petrona Award 2023

- been BBC Radio 2 Book Club recommended reads

- been reviewed in The Times and other publications

- been featured on Woman's Hour (BBC Radio 4)

I am used to working with experienced and debut authors.

As part of my editorial work I also offer sensitivity (or accuracy/authenticity) reading for books with Jewish characters or storylines including the Holocaust.

I have lectured at Oxford University on what publishers are looking for (including advice on submissions) and have been booked to give a further lecture there in the summer.

As an editor I am very thorough and never miss a deadline. These are just a few of the things authors I have worked with have said:

‘Cari is an absolute pleasure to work with. She has an invaluable eye for detail, and a sure but sensitive editorial hand. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her’ – Ruth Hogan

‘It’s both daunting and exciting to hand your words over to a new pair of eyes – Cari understands that completely. She combines experience with empathy. I’d recommend her wholeheartedly’ – Janet Ellis

‘Cari worked on my latest novel, The Orphans on the Train, and I was so impressed by her thoroughness and attention to detail. Her authenticity reading was sensitive and reassuring and her copy editing was consistently perceptive and helpful; I’m sure my book was a lot better as a result. I would unreservedly recommend Cari’s work. She’s excellent’ – Gill Thompson

Below you will find a small sample of the many books I have worked on.