Susan Pierotti

Susan Pierotti – Editor

As an editor, I preserve people's voices by editing memoirs, fiction and non-fiction books for publication. I make your writing ZING!

Overview

I really enjoy collaborating with authors to craft a better book. I have worked with first-time authors, experienced business writers and several indie publishers on books ranging from forestry to science fiction. I love the power of the written word to connect people and record cultures.
Services
Non-Fiction
Architecture Art Design Photography Travel
Fiction
Classics Humor & Comedy Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Thriller & Suspense
Languages
English (AUS) English (NZ) English (UK)
Awards
  • Shortlisted for Rosanne Fitzgibbon Award 2017
Certifications
  • IPEd Accredited Editor

Work experience

Lola Russell's 'City Kid'

Feb, 2015 — Nov, 2015 (10 months)

Edited over 401,000 words to 90,000 of 94-year-old' family history and memoirs. Researched family history, drew family trees, organised publication, book launch and marketing.

Brolga Publishing

Mar, 2012 — Feb, 2015 (almost 3 years)

Edited fiction, fantasy, crime, non-fiction, memoirs

Creative Text Solutions

Jan, 2012 — Present

Edit fiction/non-fiction for Brolga Publishing and Lothian Custom Publishers
Chief editor of Australian Strings Association magazine, Stringendo
Marketing materials for small businesses
Articles have appeared in numerous print and online music magazines, ishah magazine, Christian Woman magazine

Portfolio

Moira Dynon: An Inspiring Life

Dynon, John Francis

The Business of Being Social: How to harness the untapped power of social media

Cairo, Anna

No Regard for the Truth: Friendship and kindness. Tragedy and injustice. Rowville’s Italian prisoners of war.

Arnott, Darren

Aussie Prison Breaks: Not All Escapees Are Desperados (Brolga True Crime)

Tog, Joe

Eleanor of Aquitaine

Rayson-Hill, Helen

Survivors: : 23 non-Muslims and exMuslims describe their life in Muslim majority areas and countries. Part 2: Appendices of Islamic text and laws underpinning the treatment of interviewees.

Athene

The Dog Cops: Book 1

Barnard, Brian

City Kid

Lola Russell

Buddhas, Bombs and the Babu: A Family's Journey of Discovery Through the Spirit of Nepal

Kerry Tolson

Kerry's marriage is disintegrating and Sebastian is disconnected from his father. To save their rocky relationships, Kerry convinces her work-obsessed and over cautious husband Mal into taking a family holiday - wandering around Nepal is just what the three ne... read more
Beloved on This Earth: Life, Love, Friendship and Living with Motor Neurone Disease

Cheryl Fong

Cheryl Fong's battles in life didn't begin with the onset of Motor Neurone Disease. In a starkly honest autobiography, she relates her story of hardship growing up in a country town with an exacting mother and a demanding father. Her nursing career in Darwin c... read more
Knowing Joey Field

Pauline Luke

By the time we drove into town a briny smelling fog had rolled in from the bay shrouding the buildings and street lamps and the air was filled with a mournful moaning. My feel good moment was immediately replaced by a sense of foreboding. Moving is never easy,... read more
Krystal

Judy Parkinson

Set in modern-day coastal New SouthWales,a part-time university lecturer receives a jolt from the past. Recalling the events leading up to the death of one beautiful girl, his story slowly unfolds, while intertwining with that of another. Who is Krystal, where... read more
The Hanging of Mary Ann

Angela Badger

A gripping story of power, deceit and passion. Based on the true story of Mary Ann whose case is thought to have brought about the Married Women’s Property Act. When Mary Ann inherits her family’s property, her husband soon begins selling off portions of the l... read more

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