The best publishing professionals for hire

Sarah ★★★★★

London, UK

Skilful editor of business and management titles helping you to craft stories, hone style and fix your dangling participles.

Services:

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Future Talent Learning
• Haymarket Media
• Mark Allen Group

Kristian ★★★★★

St Paul, MN, USA

Nonfiction editor with 15+ years of experience in academic and trade publishing. Let's make a book!

Services:

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Sports & Outdoors, Life Sciences, Math & Science, and Geography.

Work experience:

• University of Minnesota Press

Lissa Halls ★★★★★

Matthews, NC, USA

I am a fiction editor who specializes in Christian fiction. I love story and helping writers produce the book they envision.

Services:

Genres: Women's Fiction, Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Focus on the Family

Becky ★★★★★

London, UK

Senior Acquisitions Editor, PenguinRandomHouse. Ex Managing Editor for Bloomsbury and HarperCollins UK.

Services:

Genres: Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, and Parenting & Families.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Bloomsbury
• Dorling Kindersley
• PenguinRandomHouse DK
• Penguin Random House

Hunter ★★★★★

Santa Fe, NM, USA

Graduate-trained editor: religion, philosophy, history, politics—rigorous copyediting that sharpens your argument and preserves your voice.

Services:

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Philosophy, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• First Things
• Sophia Institute Press
• Liturgical Press
• St. Augustine's Press
• American Philosophical Association
• Classical Academic Press

Janet ★★★★★

Canton, GA, USA

Obsessed with making your story shine, I don't just fix manuscripts ... I unleash them. Your words, amplified. Ready when you are!

Services:

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Romance, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Espionage, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• The Word Doctor
• Independent Publisher

Donna ★★★★★

London, United Kingdom

Fiction and non-fiction editor; over 20 years' publishing experience (regular clients include HarperCollins, Penguin RH, Hachette, Pan Mac)

Services:

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Romantic Fantasy, Romance, and Literary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Harlequin UK Ltd
• Little, Brown
• Self-employed

Barry ★★★★★

Palm Harbor, FL, USA

Experienced book editor, specializing in spirituality, theology, history. Also interested in genre fiction. I love what I do.

Services:

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Parenting & Families, Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Political Science & Current Affairs, Inspirational, Christian Fiction, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Liturgical Press

Tania ★★★★★

New York, NY, USA

Writer, editor, coach & consultant with 15+ years in book publishing and Hollywood. I help you craft the strongest version of your story.

Services:

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Plays & Screenplays, Biographies & Memoirs, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• The Cheney Agency (fka Elyse Cheney Literary Associates)
• United Talent Agency
• American Museum of Natural History

Tadgh ★★★★★

Athens, OH, USA

Author/illustrator of ten books for children published with Harper, Penguin and Scholastic.

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Carolin ★★★★★

Hamburg, Germany

I am a book and communication designer specialized in clear design solutions, typography and production for books and book covers.

Services:

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Classics, Plays & Screenplays, Home & Garden, and Sports & Outdoors.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Paperlux
• Ligalux
• labor b
• mairisch Verlag

Nina ★★★★★

London, UK

Literary agent and experienced fiction editor specialising in fantasy and romance, dedicated to helping authors achieve their dreams.

Services:

Genres: Romantic Fantasy, Romance, Fiction, New Adult, Young Adult, Contemporary Romance, Young Adult Fantasy, LGBTQ Fiction, Fantasy, and Romantic Comedy.

Work experience:

• Perez Literary & Entertainment
• High Spot Literary
• Self-employed
• Irene Goodman Literary Agency

Fern ★★★★★

Hemel Hempstead, UK

Experienced poetry editor and founder of indie publisher Write Bloody UK. I am also a poet, with 3 of my own published collections.

Services:

Genres: Poetry and Fiction.

Work experience:

• Write Bloody UK

Clelia ★★★★★

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Clear, sensitive, exceptional editing; Hindu, Buddhist, Sufi, Christian, and other spiritual teachings, self-development, and memoir.

Services:

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Religion & Spirituality, Middle Grade Fantasy, Children's, Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Hohm Press
• Sahaja Magazine

Angus ★★★★★

Chalfont Saint Peter, UK

Former Managing Editor with experience editing both fiction and non-fiction (politics, philosophy, art). Ph.D. in English from Yale.

Services:

Genres: Contemporary Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, and Political Science & Current Affairs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• ERIS
• ERIS
• Yale University

Zoe ★★★★★

New York, NY, USA

Former literary agent whose keen eye for writer talent is now applied to meticulous edits for a range of genres.

Services:

Genres: Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Sports & Outdoors, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Biographies & Memoirs, and Children's.

Work experience:

• Sanford J. Greenburger Associates
• ICM Partners
• Carolina Academic Press
• ICM Partners / CAA

Michele ★★★★★

New York, United States

Copy editor for Penguin Random House for 18 years, experience with bestselling authors of women's fiction, romance, mystery/thrillers.

Services:

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Women's Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Romance, Young Adult, Urban Fantasy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

• Self-employed