Stephanie Cohen - Editor
Dedicated full-time and freelance editor, copy editor and proofreader with professional, creative publishing experience in numerous genres.
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Overview
I am a full-time and freelance book editor with nearly a decade's experience in copy editing, stylistic/technical editing, proofreading, critiquing, and teaching writing. I currently work as a YA/MG editor in New York City. I've also had experience developing composition, rhetorics, and literature textbooks; cookbooks and other illustrated non-fiction titles; and historical fiction. I have a soft spot for YA/Children's Literature and science fiction/fantasy/horror, as well as assisting authors with poetry, short fiction, and other literary magazine submissions. I also perform beta reads, cover copy and reviewing services.
I am pleased to offer prospective clients:
• Expert, punctual service
• Clear and reliable communication between editor and author
• Thorough feedback
• Competitive pricing
• Personalized and flexible project arrangements
• Years of experience in the professional publishing world, writing in academia, literary magazine editing, and freelance editing and proofreading
Please feel free to check out some examples of projects I have worked on in my portfolio. I would love to hear from you if you think you have a project that I can creatively collaborate on or assist with! I am always open to discussing ideas for new projects.
I am pleased to offer prospective clients:
• Expert, punctual service
• Clear and reliable communication between editor and author
• Thorough feedback
• Competitive pricing
• Personalized and flexible project arrangements
• Years of experience in the professional publishing world, writing in academia, literary magazine editing, and freelance editing and proofreading
Please feel free to check out some examples of projects I have worked on in my portfolio. I would love to hear from you if you think you have a project that I can creatively collaborate on or assist with! I am always open to discussing ideas for new projects.
Services
Languages
English (US)
Fiction
Comics & Graphic Novels
Fantasy
Horror
Science Fiction
Short Story
Thriller & Suspense
Young Adult
Non-Fiction
Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits
Certifications
- Massachusetts Teaching License, English 5-12
Work experience
Editor
Inkyard Press/HarperCollins
March, 2021
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Present
(about 2 months)
Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader
Penguin Random House
January, 2020
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Present
(over 1 year)
Publishing Editor, Archaeology and Anthropology Journals
Springer Nature
September, 2019
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March, 2021
(over 1 year)
Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader
Scholastic
June, 2019
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Present
(almost 2 years)
Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader
Applewood Books
April, 2019
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Present
(about 2 years)
Freelance Copy Editor/Proofreader
First Second
October, 2018
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Present
(over 2 years)
Freelance copy editing and proofreading of YA projects, comics, and graphic novels.
BookLife Prize Reviewer/Critic
Publisher's Weekly
April, 2018
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Present
(about 3 years)
Freelance Editor and Proofreader
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC
January, 2018
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Present
(over 3 years)
Assistant Acquisitions Editor
The MIT Press
November, 2017
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September, 2019
(almost 2 years)
Assistant Editor, Rhetorics & Composition
Bedford/St. Martin's | Macmillan
January, 2017
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November, 2017
(10 months)
BookLife Prize 2017 Reviewer/Critic
Publisher's Weekly
January, 2017
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October, 2017
(9 months)
Editorial Assistant, English
Bedford/St. Martins | Macmillan
March, 2016
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December, 2016
(9 months)
Freelance Editor, Copy Editor, and Proofreader
Page Street Publishing Co.
January, 2016
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Present
(over 5 years)
Staff Reader
Ploughshares
June, 2015
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Present
(almost 6 years)
Operations and Contracts Assistant
Bedford St. Martin's | Macmillan
February, 2015
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February, 2016
(about 1 year)
Staff Editor/Reader
Clarion, Boston University
August, 2014
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September, 2015
(about 1 year)
Editorial Intern
University Press of Florida
September, 2011
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May, 2012
(8 months)
Portfolio (21 selected works)
The Bedford Introduction to Drama
Lee A. Jacobus
Offering a broad survey of drama from the ancient Greeks to the present ― including many new contemporary prize-winners ― The Bedford Introduction to Drama has the plays you want to teach in a collection flexible enough to serve your needs in a variety of courses including introduction to drama or theater, theater appreciation, play analysis, or theater history. Fifty chronologically arranged ... read more
Ploughshares Spring 2017 Issue Guest-Edited by Jennifer Haigh (Ploughshares Solos)
Jennifer Haigh, Kaveh Akbar, Ilya Kaminsky, Andrea Lawlor, Helen Elaine Lee, Vendela Vida, Katie Ford, Charlie Smith, Maggie Smith
The Spring 2017 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year’s three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited.Acclaimed writer Jennifer Haigh guest-edits this poetry and prose issue of Ploughshares. As Haigh writes in her introdu... read more
Ploughshares Winter 2017-2018
Alice Hoffman, Paige Lewis, Carl Dennis, Amy Gerstler, Charlie Clark, Jenny Molberg, Sophie Klahr, Jonathan Aaron, Claire Luchette, Owen McLeod
The Winter 2017-18 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles; the Winter issue is staff-edited.This staff-edited issue of Ploughshares features new work by Alice Hoffman, Paige Lewis, Carl Dennis, Amy Gerstler, ... read more
Student Peer Review and Response: A Critical Sourcebook
Steven J. Corbett, Michelle LaFrance
Ten Stories to Manhood: Short Stories
Jonathan Maniscalco
Achingly raw and beautifully written, coming-of-age tales, set in the picturesque Cape Cod and Boston area. The insights into a boy growing up, looking for positive, masculine, role models, chronicled through ten sequential short stories. The author delves into the personalities of his characters, bringing them to life through dialogues, internal monologues, and emotional responses, rather tha... read more
Writer/Designer
Cheryl E. Ball, Jennifer Sheppard, Kristin L. Arola
A brief, accessible text designed to support core writing assignments, streamlining the process of composing multimodally: helping students make decisions about content across a range of modes, forms, and media from words to images to movement. The 2e is reimagined to clarify the multimodal process and give students the tools they need to make conscious rhetorical choices in new modes and medi... read more
The Bedford Book of Genres: A Guide and Reader
Amy Braziller, Elizabeth Kleinfeld
From memes to resumes, fairy tales to researched arguments, in a striking full-color visual design, The Bedford Book of Genres invites students to unpack how genres work in order to experiment with their own compositions. After capturing the imagination of instructors and students in its successful first edition, the second edition incorporates extensive reviewer feedback to better teach stude... read more
Successful College Writing: Skills, Strategies, Learning Styles
Kathleen T. McWhorter
With comprehensive coverage of reading and study skills, step-by-step strategies for writing and research, and a unique visual approach to learning, Successful College Writing provides in-depth instruction on the skills other composition texts assume students already possess. The third edition provides even more help in the areas where students need it most and a stronger emphasis on assessmen... read more
Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition
Alfred Rosa, Paul Eschholz
Models for Writers remains a bestseller for millions of students for a reason: its short, accessible readings reflect the length of essays students write in college and the topics that matter most, and its simple yet thorough writing instruction offers the support they need. Abundant examples from student writing model chapter strategies and themes, showing students the value of their work alo... read more
Delicious Dishes For a Healthy Lifestyle All Week LongSamantha Ferraro’s fresh and simple dishes make it easy to eat healthy food throughout the week. Enjoy all of the amazing benefits of the Mediterranean diet, no matter how busy your schedule. Lean proteins, bright produce and heart-healthy oil make for light meals full of zesty, aromatic spices that leave you nourished and satisfied. Try On... read more
Understanding Rhetoric: A Graphic Guide to Writing
Elizabeth Losh, Jonathan Alexander, Kevin Cannon, Zander Cannon
After shaking up writing classrooms at more than 450 colleges and universities, Understanding Rhetoric, the comic-style guide to writing that instructors have told us gets "nothing but positive responses from students," has returned for a second edition! Combining the composition know-how of Liz Losh and Jonathan Alexander with the comic-art credibility of Kevin Cannon (Far Arden, Crater XV) a... read more
Smoke and Grill Like an Award-Winning Competitive Chef Create complex, authentic southern flavors with smoking secrets from American Grilled champion Staci Jett. Bring competition-worthy dishes right to your table with secret ingredients like Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale and Jim Beam Whisky barrel pieces, which add a rich and delicious caramel oak flavor to smoked meat; use Chop House Seasoning... read more
Riding on the wave of adult coloring that inspired a generation of budding casual artists, Mary Phan’s sketching workshops have had an incredible reception by makers who are lookingfor a new creative outlet. In The Artful Sketch, she shares the exclusive secrets from these elite workshops with 15 detailed, fully illustrated tutorials. In each sketch, Mary walks readers through the basics, from... read more
Get Your Health Back for Good In 30 DaysMillions of Americans have thyroid disorders and don’t even know it. Dr. Becky Campbell, who has years of experience in the field, was one of those people but cured herself using this revolutionary program. What makes this approach different―and more effective for lifelong results―is that it looks for root causes and offers a well-rounded, holistic treat... read more
Six classic science fiction stories and commentary that illustrate and explain key algorithms or principles of artificial intelligence.This book presents six classic science fiction stories and commentary that illustrate and explain key algorithms or principles of artificial intelligence. Even though all the stories were originally published before 1973, they help readers grapple with two ques... read more
Haptics (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
Lynette Jones
An accessible, nontechnical overview of active touch sensing, from sensory receptors in the skin to tactile surfaces on flat screen displays.Haptics, or haptic sensing, refers to the ability to identify and perceive objects through touch. This is active touch, involving exploration of an object with the hand rather than the passive sensing of a vibration or force on the skin. The development o... read more
The Little Typer (MIT Press)
Daniel P. Friedman, David Thrane Christiansen
An introduction to dependent types, demonstrating the most beautiful aspects, one step at a time.A program's type describes its behavior. Dependent types are a first-class part of a language, and are much more powerful than other kinds of types; using just one language for types and programs allows program descriptions to be as powerful as the programs they describe. The Little Typer explains ... read more
The Underground Moon
Magner, Melissa K., Davydova, Viktoriia
In Other News
Robbins, Dale
Wealth of Time (Wealth of Time Series, Book 1)
Gonzalez, Andre
Followed East (Exalls Attacks, Book 2)
Gonzalez, Andre
Stephanie has 79 reviews
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This was, for me, a necessary step, not without cost and embarrassment. Ms. Cohen provided high-quality insight, thoughtfully and comfortably. I would recommend her without qualification.
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james mccague, April 2021
Working with Stephanie was great. Her editing was thorough and she went beyond that by giving me feedback on the overall manuscript. Highly recommend.
moe s, April 2021
I have nothing but great things to say about Stephanie. I am impressed with her work, her insights, and her keen eye for details. The collaboration with her has not only been enjoyable; it was invaluable. She has made my book stronger, more coherent, and more focused. I cannot recommend her enough. Thank you so much, Stephanie.
Sean Leonard, March 2021
Another excellent collaboration with Stephanie. She has been so helpful as an editor over the two books I’ve worked with her on and I hope to continue in the future. She always offers great suggestions in addition to spot-on corrections and I feel she’s also helped me grow as a writer. Can’t recommend her highly enough.
Conor Metz, February 2021
I've worked with Stephanie on two projects: the first was an 8000-word short story; the second, a 3500-word sleep story. She had great attention to detail, especially when it came to grammar, transitions, flow, proofreading and overall story development. It was a pleasure working with her both times. Totally recommend!
Ivan Suazo, February 2021
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