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Elizabeth

Elizabeth 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Versatile Development Editor at Unbound Publishing. Specialist in fantasy & thriller. Creative Writing tutor at Oxford University. Novelist.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Women's Fiction, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Humor & Comedy, and Fantasy.

Work experience:

  • Unbound Publishing
  • Oxford University Department for Continuing Education
  • Self-employed
Andrew

Andrew 5 star rating

Oxfordshire, Oxford, UK

I help business leaders and subject experts just like you publish professional non-fiction books.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Business & Management, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Hawker Publications
  • The Right Book Company
Robert

Robert 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

I've coached people to write bestsellers. And I've written 15 books translated into 16 languages: Penguin, Harper Collins. Also ghostwriter.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, and Travel.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
Joanna

Joanna 5 star rating

Oxford, United Kingdom

Authors say I’m thorough, professional and prompt – contact me to find out why!

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, History, and Health & Wellbeing.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Blackwell Publishing, Oxford
Sue

Sue 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Professional editor with 20+ years' experience of working with top authors, e.g. Lee Child, Val McDermid, Sophie Kinsella. Plus nonfiction.

Genres: Action & Adventure, Fiction, Mystery & Crime, Romance, Thriller & Suspense, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Travel, and True Crime.

Work experience:

  • Reader's Digest UK Ltd (now part of TMBI Inc)
  • Self-employed
James

James 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Experienced copyeditor and proofreader. Professional, affordable and quality-oriented. Get in touch for a free sample!

Genres: Education & Reference, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, and Humanities & Social Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Hodder Education
James

James 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

An experienced and empathic editor, teacher and author with 20 years publishing experience. Let me help you bring your book to market.

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

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Oxford Brookes University, UK
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Tate Publishing, London
  • Ruskin College, Oxford

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Amber

Amber 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

I have six books in 17 languages. Edited 250+. I'm clearsighted, considerate and affordable. I love authentic voices and powerful tales.

Genres: Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Parenting & Families, Non-Fiction, and Self-Help & Self-Improvement.

Work experience:

  • Penguin Random House; Little, Brown; Watkins Publishing
  • Oxford University
  • Oxfordshire Mind, the Mental Health charity
  • Amber Hatch
Jonathan

Jonathan 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Former Editor-in -Chief of Solaris and Abaddon Books. Over twenty years’ experience in publishing. Specialising in SF, fantasy, and horror.

Genres: Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Fiction, Epic Fantasy, Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Space Opera, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Time Travel, and Post-Apocalyptic.

Work experience:

  • Rebellion Publishing Ltd
  • Lion Hudson Ltd
  • Self-employed
  • Taylor & Francis
Matthew

Matthew 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Creative editor, writer and historian who can help develop and proof non-fiction and fiction across periods and places.

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Entertainment, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Political Science & Current Affairs, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Time Travel, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Victoria County History of Wiltshire
  • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  • History of Parliament
  • Oxford University Press
  • N/A
Selena

Selena 5 star rating

Preston, United Kingdom

Highly experienced proofreader and copy-editor of healthcare/biomedical, academic, business and miscellaneous subjects at competitive rates.

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Humanities & Social Sciences, Nature, Education & Reference, and Life Sciences.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • I.M.S. Health (now IQVIA)
  • Elsevier Science (Pergamon Press)
Nick

Nick 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Experienced proofreader and copyeditor formerly employed at OUP and Routledge. Interested in work in any subject, field or level of English.

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

Work experience:

  • The Pertinent Press
  • Oxford University Press
  • Motion Placements Ltd
  • Taylor and Francis Group
  • CRC Press/Taylor and Francis
  • Taylor and Francis Journals
  • Kogan Page
  • Strategic Agenda
Claire

Claire 5 star rating

London, United Kingdom

Editor with 20 + years experience working with bestselling and award-winning authors - formerly Associate Publisher at Headline, Hachette UK

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Women's Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Literary Fiction, and Young Adult.

Work experience:

  • Headline Publishing Group
  • Self-employed
Ameesha

Ameesha 5 star rating

Birmingham, United Kingdom

Nonfiction book shepherd & editor of award-winning books that make the world a better place, including business, philosophy, & tech.

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Philosophy, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Biographies & Memoirs, Health & Wellbeing, Technology, and Computers & Internet.

Work experience:

  • Packt Publishing
  • Self-employed
  • Business Book Awards UK
  • Storyterrace
Claire

Claire 5 star rating

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

Reliable and versatile proofreader and copy editor with a passion for all things Sci-Fi and Dickens.

Genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Young Adult, Horror, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery & Crime, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

Work experience:

  • Self employed
Sarah

Sarah 5 star rating

Lincoln, United Kingdom

Specialist in Romance, Crime Thrillers, YA, Paranormal, LGBTQ+ and Historical. Former Senior Editor at Bonnier with 12+ years' experience.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, LGBTQ Fiction, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Chick Lit, Women's Fiction, Romantic Suspense, Historical Romance, Psychological Thriller, and Thriller & Suspense.

Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Totally Entwined Group (Bonnier Publishing)
Stephanie

Stephanie 5 star rating

Oxford, UK

Copy-editor and proofreader. Trained in-house at Pearson and Michael O'Mara books. Specialises in non-fiction.

Genres: Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Children’s Non-Fiction, ELT, Travel, Political Science & Current Affairs, Parenting & Families, and Writing & Publishing.

Work experience:

  • Longman (now Pearson)
  • Michael O'Mara Books
  • Vision in Business and EMAP
  • Qatar Olympic Committee
  • Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar
  • Freelance

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