The best publishing professionals for hire

Maartje ★★★★★

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Experienced and friendly non-fiction editor with a passion for bringing your research and ideas to a wide audience. **AVAILABLE AFTER JUNE

Services:

Genres: History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Writing & Publishing, Art, Biographies & Memoirs, and Nature.

Work experience:

• Freelance
• Cambridge University Press

Fiona ★★★★★

Burton upon Trent, Burton-on-Trent, UK

A published children's illustrator with a bright and bold graphic style. I love bringing that extra fun spark to your characters.

Services:

Genres: Picture Books, Children's, Fiction, Middle Grade, Children’s Non-Fiction, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Burton and South Derbyshire College
• Staffordshire Libraries

Andrea ★★★★★

I can make your book cover stand out on the shelf with the best conceptual illustration that portraits your story.

Services:

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, and Contemporary Fiction.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Jess ★★★★★

San Diego, CA, USA

I focus on non-fiction and have over 500 published projects. I have received GDUSA Gold Awards for my cover designs every year since 2015.

Services:

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Design, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Business & Management, Health & Wellbeing, Philosophy, and Finance & Accounting.

Work experience:

• Cognella Inc.
• Self-employed
• University Readers, Inc.
• Design Lab NYC

Alix ★★★★★

New York, NY, USA

Award-winning artist, illustrator, and designer with over 12 years of experience. Clients include NYT, Electric Lit, Pop-up Magazine, CNN.

Services:

Genres: Classics, Fiction, Magical Realism, Literary Fiction, Nature, Non-Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Poetry, Themes & Motifs, Anthologies, Art, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• New York Center for Book Arts
• Radical Media

Corinne ★★★★★

Athens, OH, USA

Experienced copyeditor and proofreader of fiction, nonfiction, and scholarly work, focusing on clarity, precision, and factual accuracy.

Services:

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• National Business Incubation Association

Jade ★★★★★

Manchester, UK

Professional proofreader, copyeditor and developmental editor for fantasy and other adult fiction. Creating magic on the page since 2016.

Services:

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Romantic Fantasy, Dark Romance, Contemporary Romance, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• City Owl Press
• Story Merchant Books

Laura E. ★★★★★

With special expertise in the self-help genre, as well as psychology, business, healthcare, and social work, I can help your writing shine!

Services:

Genres: Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Non-Fiction, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Cognella Academic Publishing

Matt ★★★★★

Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Experienced full-time copy editor of academic books, theses, and articles in history, literary criticism, philosophy, and social sciences.

Services:

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

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Louise ★★★★★

Paris, France

I'm a French freelance graphic designer who's been specializing in book cover design for the past fifteen years

Services:

Genres: Historical Romance, Romance, Fiction, Classics, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, and Historical Fiction.

Work experience:

• Le livre de poche
• Self-employed
• Autrement

Laura ★★★★★

Westfield, NJ, USA

Romance and Mystery/Thriller Editor prev. at Penguin Random House (Berkley), Hachette (James Patterson), and Hooked. Let's perfect a story.

Services:

Genres: Romantic Suspense, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Cozy Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Espionage, Historical Romance, Paranormal Romance, and Romantic Comedy.

Work experience:

• Penguin Random House
• Hachette, James Patterson's BookShots
• Hooked
• Self-employed

Emily ★★★★★

London, UK

Collaborative development editor specialising in all things non-fiction. Worked with bestselling authors at Little, Brown and HarperCollins.

Services:

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Business & Management, Entertainment, Health & Wellbeing, Parenting & Families, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

• Little, Brown
• HarperCollins
• Self-employed

Erica ★★★★★

Buffalo Grove, IL, USA

I'm an experienced copyeditor and proofreader (and former production editor) who has worked on nearly eight hundred original projects.

Services:

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Women's Fiction, Young Adult, Entertainment, and Non-Fiction.

Work experience:

• HarperCollins Publishers
• Penguin Random House
• Hachette, HarperCollins Publishers, Kensington, Macmillan, Pegasus, Penguin Random House, Scholastic, and Simon & Schuster

Margherita ★★★★★

Italy

Graphic designer who’s favorite game is to play with typography, hierarchy and the merging of images and text. Specialized in non-fiction.

Services:

Genres: Poetry, Fiction, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Non-Fiction, Home & Garden, Biographies & Memoirs, and Travel.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Chronicle Books

Rosie ★★★★★

Sheffield, United Kingdom

A conscientious and enthusiastic indexer, my subject specialisms are Geography, Environmental/Earth Science, Social Science and Economics.

Services:

Genres: Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Geography.

Work experience:

• Self-employed

Diana ★★★★★

New York, NY, USA

A former Director of Production with broad publishing expertise, I design books that are fresh, eye-catching, and impeccably constructed.

Services:

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, New Age, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Cooking, Food, Wine, & Spirits, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction, Photography, and Biographies & Memoirs.

Work experience:

• Self-employed
• Career Press/New Page Books
• Just World Books

Catherine ★★★★★

Bradenton, FL, USA

I'm an experienced acquisitions and development editor with a background in library, academic, and trade-adjacent presses.

Services:

Genres: Sociology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Entertainment.

Work experience:

• GravityFree
• Static Media
• ABC-CLIO