Developmental & Stylistic Editing
Dozens of books for major publishers. Specializing in translated literature, literary fiction and nonfiction, textbooks, dissertations, and poetry.
Copyediting & Proofreading
Dozens of books for major publishers. Specializing in literary texts, textbooks, legal texts.
Cultural Sensitivity Reads & Beta Reads
Dozens of books for major publishers. Specializing in literary texts, fiction, romance, mystery, fantasy, and nonfiction. Areas of expertise: Class, Culture, Disability, Ethnicity and race, Gender, Immigrant issues, Indigenous cultures, LGBTQ+, Misogyny, Neurodiversity (mental health), Poverty and other socioeconomic sensitivities (e.g. homelessness), Sexual abuse, Tokenism, Trauma, and others.
Developmental Editing Selected Titles
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- A Hope At The End of the World by Sarah Lark, translated by D.W. Lovett
- Carlota: An Empress Driven Mad By Love by Laura Martinez Belli, translated by Simon Bruni
- Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac
- A Distant Hope by Ellin Carsta, translated by Gerald Chapple
- The Judgement of Richard Richter by Igor Stiks, translated by Ellen Elias-Bursac
- The First Stone by Carsten Jensen, translated by Mark Mussari
- A Single Swallow by Zhang Ling, translated by Shelly Bryant
- The Son and Heir by Alexander Münninghoff, translated by Kristen Gehrman
- The Beachcomber by Ines Thorn, translated by Kate Northrop
- The Whaler by Ines Thorn, translated by Kate Northrop
- This Life or the Next by Demian Vitanza, translated by Tanya Thresher
Other publishers:
- Gore Capitalism (MIT Press) by Sayak Valencia, translated by J.P. Pluecker
Selected Books Copy Edited
- From Idea to Essay: A Rhetoric, Reader, and Handbook, 13e by Jo Ray McCuen-Metherell & Anthony C. Winkler (Wadsworth Publishing, 2012)
- The Militant Kurds: A Dual Strategy for Freedom by Vera Eccarius-Kelly (Praeger, 2011)
- FOCUS on Community College Success, 2e by Constance Staley (Wadsworth Publishing, 2012)
- Criminal Evidence, 7e by Judy Hails (Cengage Learning, 2013)
- The Art of Thinking: A Guide to Critical and Creative Thought, 10e by Vincent R. Ruggiero (Longman, 2011)
- Major Problems in American Religious History, 2/e by Patrick Allitt (Cengage Learning, 2012)
- Voices of Wisdom: A Multicultural Philosophy Reader, 8e by Gary Kessler (Cengage Learning, 2012)
- Sports Law by Adam Epstein (Cengage Learning, 2013)
- Assessing Teaching and Learning in Psychology: Current and Future Perspectives, 1e by Dana S. Dunn, Suzanne C. Baker, Chandra M. Mehrotra, R. Eric Landrum, Maureen A. McCarthy (Cengage Learning, 2012)
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