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I work on fiction and non-fiction books for children through to adults, and I can take on structural and developmental editing as well as copyediting. My work has covered a wide variety of genres including commercial crime fiction, music biographies, sports books, history titles, science, economics, philosophy and literary fiction. 

 

If you’re a non-fiction editor looking for someone to work on a specific subject, I have extensive knowledge of geology, music, movies, snowboarding, skateboarding and retro video-games.

 

When working on a book I always make sure that the author’s voice comes through and isn’t lost in the editing process. Every book is different, and I take the time to adapt my approach to suit the writer’s style.

 

I am also an experienced magazine sub-editor, having spent many years working on a wide variety of special-interest titles.

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I use Word, InDesign and Acrobat, and I am able to work on hard copy or use PDF mark-up tools for proofreading.

COPYEDITING: Engagement by Gun-Britt Sundström (trans. Kathy Saranpa), published by Penguin Classics
COPYEDITING: So Good to See You by Francesca Hornak, published by Piatkus
COPYEDITING: All In by Mary Earps (published by LEAP)
WRITING & EDITING: Explanatorium of the Earth, published by DK
COPYEDITING / STRUCTURAL EDITING: Travels with Agatha Christie by David Suchet (Constable)
PROOFREADING: Call for the Dead by John le Carré, published by Penguin Classics
COPYEDITING: Owning It, edited by Jen Campbell and James & Lucy Catchpole, published by Faber
COPYEDITING: Pop Scars by Anthony Kavanagh, published by Bonnier
WRITING: All About the World, published by Collins
COPYEDITING: The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: The Need for Roots, published by Penguin Classics
PROOFREADING: Human Rights by Shami Chakrabarti, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: The Driver’s Seat by Muriel Spark, published by Penguin Classics
COPYEDITING: The Cold House by A.G. Slatter, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: House of Idyll by Delilah S. Dawson, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: The Magic in You by Mat Ricardo, published by Faber
COPYEDITING: Not Dead Yet by Jeffrey Siger, published by Severn House
COPYEDITING: The Infinite Alphabet by César A. Hidalgo (published by Allen Lane)
PROOFREADING: Dreams by Mark Blake, published by Nine Eight Books
COPYEDITING: The Significance of Souness by Tom Miller (published by Black & White)
PROOFREADING: Enchanted Ground by Steven Lovatt
PROOFREADING: SS-GB by Len Deighton, published by Penguin Classics
COPYEDITING: How To Be An Ex-footballer by Peter Crouch, published by Ebury
COPYEDITING:  Quantum Cage by Davis Bunn, published by Severn House
COPYEDITING: Secret Lives of the Dead by Tim Lebbon, published by Titan
PROOFREADING: Tree Hunting by Paul Wood, published by Particular Books
COPYEDITING: The Balanced Brain by Camilla Nord, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Tristessa by Jack Kerouac, published by Penguin Classics
COPYEDITING: Roots of my Fears, published by Titan Books
PROOFREADING: Fixed by Moses Swaibu, published by Blink
COPYEDITING: The Warrior Mindset by Roger Gracie, published by Blink
WRITING: I wrote the Earth science chapter of 1,000 Curious Questions, published by DK
PROOFREADING: The Red Tempest Brother by H.M. Long, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: The New Censorship by Ayala Panievsky, published by Footnote
COPYEDITING: Chicken Boy: My Life With Hens by Arthur Parkinson, published by Particular Books
COPYEDITING: Death on Wolf Fell by Nick Oldham, published by Severn House
PROOFREADING: Shaolin Spirit by She Heng Yi, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Beattie Cavendish and the White Pearl Club by Mary-Jane Riley, (Allison & Busby)
COPYEDITING: The Little(r) Book of Darts by Joe Shooman (published by Blink)
PROOFREADING: Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949–1990 by Katya Hoyer, published by Allen Lane
COPYEDITING: Acquired Taste by Clay McLeod Chapman, published by Titan
PROOFREADING: Something Wicked by Carol Ann Lee, published by Bonnier
WRITING & EDITING: This Book Needs You, published by Hometown World
PROOFREADING: Midnight Streets by Phil Lecomber, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: The Poetry Pharmacy Forever by William Sieghart, published by Particular Books
PROOFREADING: The Great Siege of Malta by Marcus Bull, published by Allen Lane
WRITING: Our Planet, published by i am a bookworm
COPYEDITING: Murder on the Books by T.C. LoTempio, published by Severn House
WRITING: The Essential Guide to Retro Gaming, published by Mortimer Children’s Books
COPYEDITING: The Cosmography and Geography of Africa by Johannes Leo Africanus
PROOFREADING: Tony Hadley: My Life in Pictures, published by Omnibus Press
PROOFREADING: Snow Country by Yasunari Kawabata, published by Penguin Classics
WRITING & EDITING: Amelia Rockets to the Moon, published by Orangutan
PROOFREADING: Queer Up by Alexis Caught, published by Walker Books
PROOFREADING: Plants to the Rescue! by Dr Vikram Baliga and Brian Lambert, published by Neon Squid
PROOFREADING: Talent is an Asset: The Story of Sparks by Daryl Easlea, published by Omnibus Press
COPYEDITING: The Vinyl Detective: Noise Floor by Andrew Cartmel, published by Titan Books
PROOFREADING: The Underground Man by Ross Macdonald, published by Penguin Classics
PROOFREADING: Glam! by Mark Paytress, published by Omnibus Press
PROOFREADING: Second City by Richard Vinen, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Coup de Grâce by Sofia Ajram, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: Marginal by Tom Carlisle, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: The Paperback Sleuth: Ashram Assassin by Andrew Cartmel, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: Growth: A Reckoning by Daniel Susskind, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Death at the Playhouses by Stuart Douglas, published by Titan
COPYEDITING: Ultimate Cricket Superstars by Matt Oldfield & Tanya Aldred, published by Walker Books
PROOFREADING: The Chinese Gold Murders by Robert van Gulik, published by Penguin Classics
PROOFREADING: Europe and the Roma by Klaus-Michael Bogdal, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Little Men by Louisa May Alcott, published by Penguin Classics
PROOFREADING: Our Island Stories by Corinne Fowler, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Nobody Can Give You Freedom by Kehinde Andrews, published by Allen Lane
PROOFREADING: Football School: The Greatest Ever Quiz Book by Alex Bellos & Ben Lyttleton
PROOFREADING: The World’s Wildest Waters by Catherine Barr and Riley Samels, published by DK
PROOFREADING: Tales of World War II by Dr Hattie Hearn and Margarida Esteves (Neon Squid)
PROOFREADING: Astrophysics for Supervillains by Dr Matthew Bothwell, published by DK
PROOFREADING: Warhammer 40,000: The Ultimate Guide by Guy Haley and Gav Thorpe
PROOFREADING: Captain America: The Shield of Sam Wilson, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: Variable Valve Timings by Chris Harris, published by Ebury
PROOFREADING: Secrets of the Forest by Alicia Klepeis, published by Neon Squid
PROOFREADING: A Small Town in Ukraine by Bernard Wasserstein, published by Allen Lane
COPYEDITING: Cold Snap by Lindy Ryan, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: The Escher Man by T.R. Napper, published by Titan Books
PROOFREADING: Financial Joy by Ken & Mary Okoroafor, published by Quercus
COPYEDITING: Adventures in Democracy by Erica Benner, published by Allen Lane
DEVELOPMENTAL EDITING: Bang! by Jennifer N.R. Smith, published by Thames & Hudson
PROOFREADING: The Big Con by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington
PROOFREADING: Conan: Songs of the Slain by Tim Lebbon, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: The End of Enlightenment by Richard Whatmore, published by Allen Lane
COPYEDITING: What Have We Got? by Simon Spence, published by Omnibus Press
PROOFREADING: Red Tempest Brother by H.M. Long, published by Titan Books
COPYEDITING: The Narrows by Ronald Malfi, published by Titan Books
PROOFREADING: Ghost of the Neon God by T.R. Napper, published by Titan Books
STRUCTURAL EDITING AND COPYEDITING: Vertical by Cody Goodfellow, published by Titan
PROOFREADING: All the Lonely People by Dr Sam Carr, published by Picador

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