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Haley

Haley

New York, NY, USA

Experienced, independent, fast-paced medical editor with a passion for traditional and online-only publishing.


Work experience:

  • Thieme Medical Publishers
  • TrueLearn
  • co: collective

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Life Sciences, Writing & Publishing, Dystopian, Science Fiction, Fiction, Psychological Thriller, Thriller & Suspense, Medical Thriller, Social & Family Issues, Young Adult

Michelle

Michelle

Philadelphia, PA, USA

More than 30 years of experience editing publications ranging from highly technical medical publications to children's picture books.


Work experience:

  • American Public Health Association
  • Self-employed
  • Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
  • Academy Professional Information Services
  • Slack Incorporated
  • New Jersey Outdoors Magazine
  • Psychology Today

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Health & Wellbeing, Non-Fiction, Medicine, Nursing, & Dentistry, Math & Science, Life Sciences, Music, Humanities & Social Sciences, Psychology

Kate

Kate

St Paul, MN, USA

Experienced children’s literature editor and writer, specializing in science, history, and biography


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Bellwether Media
  • Magers & Quinn Booksellers
  • Multnomah Education Service District Outdoor School
  • Grinnell College
  • Portland Monthly Magazine

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Children’s Non-Fiction, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Nature, History, Humanities & Social Sciences

Harry

Harry

Santa Rosa, California, USA

Editing is the art of changing a text to highlight what the author wants to say.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Life Sciences, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Humanities & Social Sciences

Jared

Jared

Nashville, TN, USA

Editor with more than ten years of experience. Specializes in Christian non-fiction, self-help and improvement, and biographies/memoirs.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HIM Publications
  • Franklin Madison Group, LLC
  • ACLJ

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Query Letter Review

Genres: Christian Non-Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Non-Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Finance & Accounting, Math & Science, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Children’s Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Picture Books, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences

Adam

Adam

New York, NY, United States

I'm a New York City-based editor specializing in commercial nonfiction, and have worked on several NYT-bestselling titles.


Work experience:

  • Penguin Books
  • Abrams Books
  • Public Affairs Books
  • Perseus Books Group
  • The Overlook Press
  • Sterling Publishing
  • Apollo Publishers

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Humor & Comedy, Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Travel, Entertainment, Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Technology

Steven

Steven

New York, NY, USA

I specialize in editing nonfiction, particularly psychology/self-help, business, sociology, economics, mathematics, and the life sciences.


Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review

Genres: Mystery & Crime, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Economics, Humanities & Social Sciences, Geography, Math & Science, Psychology

Sarah

Sarah

Bainbridge Island, WA, USA

Efficient, thorough, and highly experienced editor with freelance and in-house background in educational publishing.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Proof Positive/Farrowlyne Associates

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Query Letter Review

Genres: Earth, Space, & Environmental Sciences, Math & Science, Non-Fiction, Education & Reference, Career Guides, Psychology, Humanities & Social Sciences, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Mysteries, Mystery & Crime, Biographies & Memoirs

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