writer · editor · teacher

Clients including
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Random House
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Penguin
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Pan Macmillan
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Head of Zeus
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Titan Books
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Simon & Schuster
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LearningMate
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University College London
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London School of Economics
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Electric Book Works
Subjects
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Fiction: genre, literary, crime, thrillers, mystery, adventure, science fiction, fantasy, horror, short stories, young adult, children's, middle grade; world literature, fiction in translation
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Higher education course material and texts, including business, maths, accounting, economics, medicine, and social sciences
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Academic material in education, film and literary studies, business and economics, social sciences, and the humanities
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Primary and secondary school texts
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Marketing and promotional material
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Web content
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Corporate documents, including annual reports and ESG reports
Testimonials
“I really like your editing. You’re sensible and sensitive. Best editor ever.” fantasy author
“Thanks so much, you were brilliant, perceptive and sensitive. I really loved working with you and hope we can do this again in the future.” crime author
“Let me say: thank you. There is a lot of gratitude packed into those two words as you have vastly helped turn this into a much better novel.” thriller author
“I am so thankful for your expert guidance and the insight you have been able to share.” YA publisher
“I've just finished reading your edit and think it's great – very thorough, yet tactful, with the right level of intervention this MS required.” fiction publisher
What's the difference between manuscript assessment, copyediting and proofreading? This guide by Reedsy helpfully lays out the editorial phases.
Editorial services
Expert copyediting
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Are you a publisher in need of a highly experienced copyeditor who knows the workflow back to front?
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Are you an academic in humanities, social sciences, economics or related fields who needs work edited?
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Have you written a novel and want it polished to a professional shine?
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Do you need a human to check your AI-generated text?
You've come to the right place!
I'm a copyeditor with over twenty-five years of professional wordworking experience in commercial and educational publishing.
Email me at LGedits@pm.me for quotes and enquiries.
My experience
Running my editorial business since 2009, I've edited scores of books for commercial publishers, institutions and independent authors, specialising in
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crime, mysteries, thrillers and genre fiction for adults and young readers, and
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higher education material in economics, social science and humanities.
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I am a creative writing tutor at Oxford University.
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I was a commissioning editor at Random House South Africa.
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I have led courses in novel writing and copyediting at the SA Writers College and for the Professional Editors' Guild.
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I am an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and a member of their course tutor panel.
These are just some of the brilliant books I've worked on:

And check out The Economy 2.0 and Principles of Accounting, two influential online textbooks I have copyedited.
Visit my full directory listing at the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.
