Sarah Harvey

Sarah Harvey – Editor

Book coaching and editing for the love of books (and the people who write them). Seventeen years of experience. Hundreds of books!

Overview

For thirteen years, I was an in-house editor for Orca Book Publishers, where I developed, acquired and edited award-winning fiction and non-fiction for young readers. Since becoming a freelance editor and book coach in 2019, I have continued to work on children's books, but have also had the opportunity to edit fiction and non-fiction for adults.


I look on relationship-building as one of my main tasks as an editor and book coach. I will bring expertise, enthusiasm, attention, humour, empathy and commitment to your work. Together we can set goals, overcome challenges, and find creative solutions to all your writing problems.

Services
Non-Fiction
Biographies & Memoirs Children’s Non-Fiction
Fiction
Children's Contemporary Fiction Young Adult
Languages
English (CAN)

Work experience

Self-employed

Jan, 2019 — Present
I have been helping writers polish their work - word by word, sentence by sentence - since 2005. I work one-on-one with new or seasoned writers to create books that will engage publishers, agents, and readers. Recently I have been working on memoirs and family histories, contemporary fiction, middle-grade fiction, as well as nonfiction about decision-making, nursing and kayaking, I love the variety freelancing gives me, and I thrive on learning from the books I work on.

Self-employed

Aug, 2005 — Dec, 2018 (over 13 years)
I was the senior editor responsible for the acquisition, development, and editing of fiction and non-fiction for readers age 8 to 18.

Portfolio

The Seven Sequels Boxed Set

Orca Book Publishers

Do Trees Have Mothers?

Bongers, Charles

Way to Go

Ryan, Tom

What World is Left

Polak, Monique

Winterkill

Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk

Thief of Glory: A Novel

Brouwer, Sigmund

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