Stephanie Stahl

Stephanie Stahl – Editor

16+ of experience in the children's publishing industry, editing and copy-editing. Feel free to get in touch to discuss your project.

Overview

16+ of experience in the publishing industry - mainly children's books (picture book, middle grade and Young Adult). I can work across all formats, age groups and genres. I love developing independent authors and discovering new voices. I currently work with clients such as Quarto Group, Hachette Children's Group and Usborne Publishing to name a few.

Services
Non-Fiction
Children’s Non-Fiction
Fiction
Middle Grade Middle Grade Fantasy Picture Books Short Story Young Adult
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Self-employed

May, 2018 — Present
Structural editing, editing, copy-editing, project management, reviewing manuscripts, and editorial direction.

Carlton Kids Publishing, London, UK

Jun, 2017 — Apr, 2018 (10 months)
Commissioning new projects, project management, editing, writing copy, and americanizations.

Stephanie has 23 reviews

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David W.

David W.

Nov, 2024

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Fast, efficient, professional service. Stephanie’s editorial insights into my query letter, summary and first three chapters of my middle grade novel were very helpful. As a result I was able to identify some significant character and plotting issues. Happy to recommend her work.
Stephanie S.
Thank you, David.
Harriet D.

Harriet D.

Nov, 2024

Pinned
I must say that Stephanie is a gold-star editor, in my opinion. Despite my sending her the wrong short story draft to edit, she went ahead and edited it, even though it was twice as long as our original estimate. And she did a wonderful job. Her comments were very appropriate, and definitely h...
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Femi M.

Femi M.

Feb, 2024

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Working with Stephanie has been great. Her response to the project is quick and authentic, it's very appreciated and I get to trust her expertise. She knows what she's doing and the service she rendered is good for the money. her communication is good throughout the project and I can see her inte...
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Stephanie S.
Thank you, Femi!
Andy E.

Andy E.

Jun, 2022

Stephanie is a really nice person, but the progress of my project was incredibly slow and communication from her was non existent at times. It was frustrating when set deadlines from her were missed. I booked time off my day job to edit work, but no files were forthcoming on a couple of occasion...
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Sanne K.

Sanne K.

May, 2022

Stephanie never delivered the manuscript. Her profile no longer exists and I paid in full. I would strongly recommend not working with her.
Stephanie S.
Unfortunately my system was having issues to send the completeda work and I had to get my computer fixed. The client got upset and wrote this review. My profile is currently out of office and so it...
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