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"An author's dream copy editor"
—Margaret Mallory, "The Sinner"
I freelance as both a copy editor and a proofreader on fiction, general and trade nonfiction, textbooks, educational and reference books, and promotional material. Titles I have worked on include Banished (Westboro Baptist Church) by Lauren Drain; Hitmaker by Tommy Mottola; Shaq Uncut by Shaquille O'Neal; Thank You Notes by Jimmy Fallon et al.; Here Comes Trouble by Michael Moore; other titles by David Baldacci, the E Street Band's Clarence Clemons, Andrew Breitbart, former Treasury secretary Henry Paulson Jr., and Serena Williams. My clients include Hachette Book Group (Grand Central, Orbit), John Wiley & Sons, Penguin/Grosset and Dunlap, Kirkus Editorial, Triumph Learning, Wharton Business School, Scholastic, Harlequin.
I am quite familiar with The Chicago Manual of Style, Merriam-Websters Collegiate Dictionary, and Words into Type. |
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| Work Info |
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Expertise |
| Copy Editor |
20 Years |
| Proofreader |
20 Years |
Specialty |
| Books & Literature |
28 Years |
Total Media Industry Experience
28 Years |
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Hachette Book Group (11+), Harlequin (11+), St. Martin's Press (11+), Triumph Learning (11+), Simon & Schuster (6-10), John Wiley & Sons (3-5), Wharton Business School (3-5), Kirkus Editorial (1-2), Grosset and Dunlap (1-2) |
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Newbridge Communications (11+), Adecco (1-2) |
Other Work History
I have also worked full-time as a production editor for St. Martin's Press, John Wiley & Sons, and Oxford University Press, among others. |
Computer Skills
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Windows XP, Vista
Macintosh |
Technical Skills
PDF editing |
Awards
Nominated for a Pushcart Prize for the short story "The Nutbob Stories"
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Other
Published in National Lampoon magazine, 1990-1991
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Freelancer Availability
I freelance full-time. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel locally. I have a driver's license. |
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