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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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 interest in the project which I very well appreciate. I will definitely work with her again on another p...
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Stephanie S.
Thank you, Femi!
Jeremy C.

Jeremy C.

Mar, 2022

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I can honestly say its been a pleasure working with Stephanie. I can not fault her skill, expertise and guidance throughout story making process. I would definitely work with Stephanie on future project without the slightest hesitation.
Stephanie S.
Thank you, Jeremy!
Audrey A.

Audrey A.

Mar, 2022

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I had a terrific experience working with Stephanie on my NF PB. Stephanie is smart, flexible, honest and kind. I feel like she read and thought about my work deeply, and was able to help me on big picture and line edit issues. I would use her again in a heartbeat.
Stephanie S.
Thank you, Audrey!
David W.

David W.

Nov, 2024

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

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 helped me to refine the story. It's now a much better story than it was when I sent it to her. Tha...
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