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Eli

Eli

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Thoughtful, meticulous, and versatile editor with more than a decade's experience in content and copy editing — and everything in between.


Work experience:

  • Flash Art
  • Cultured
  • Self-employed

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading Indexing

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Entertainment, Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, History

Maithy

Maithy

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Editor of children's literature. I was the associate editor of the brand behind the best-selling Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls series.


Work experience:

  • Rebel Girls
  • Underdog Bookstore
  • Scholastic Book Fairs

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment

Genres: Children’s Non-Fiction, Non-Fiction, Middle Grade, Children's, Fiction, Coming of Age, Anthologies, Biographies & Memoirs, Picture Books

Lauren

Lauren

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Collaborative former Big 5 editor specializing in biography/memoir, mind/body/spirit, self-help, and women's fiction. Let's work together!


Work experience:

  • Hachette Books
  • Tiller Press (S&S/Simon Element)

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

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Women's Fiction, Fiction

Ty

Ty

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Dev. Editor with a decade of working at a top nonfiction lit agency, 18 NYT Bestsellers, and the best nonfiction proposals in the business.


Work experience:

  • Idea Architects
  • Edge of August Editorial
  • Lauren Kay Writes

Services: Editing Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Health & Wellbeing, LGBTQ Non-Fiction, New Age, Religion & Spirituality, Travel, Inspirational

Dana

Dana

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I’m a proofreader working in health, lifestyle, travel, and architecture/design. Degree in print journalism. Bestseller experience.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • Mammoth Resorts
  • The Daily Trojan
  • AUX Architecture
  • Communication Arts + Design, Inc.

Services: Editing Copy Editing Proofreading

Genres: Business & Management, Non-Fiction, Health & Wellbeing, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Design, Travel

Chelsea

Chelsea

Los Angeles, CA, USA

I specialize in science fiction, fantasy, romance, and Black/African American lived experiences. I am also a master of humor and dialogue.


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • The Bent Agency

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

Genres: Children's, Fiction, Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Science Fiction

Nancy

Nancy

Los Angeles, CA, USA

A jack-of-all-trades copy editor with experience in multiple genres and trade and academic nonfiction


Work experience:

  • Self-employed
  • HarperCollins Publishers
  • Oxford University Press

Services: Editing Copy Editing

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, Self-Help & Self-Improvement, Political Science & Current Affairs, Humanities & Social Sciences, Contemporary Fiction, Thriller & Suspense, Science Fiction

Jesse

Jesse

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Editor with a decade's experience working with best-selling and award-winning authors at Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Europa Editions.


Work experience:

  • Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Self-employed
  • NationBuilder
  • NY Book Editors
  • Europa Editions

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

Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Non-Fiction, History, Humanities & Social Sciences, African American Fiction, Fiction, Political Science & Current Affairs, Art, Mystery & Crime, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction

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