Portfolio

Since taking up editing in 2017 I have edited 20 adult fiction novels of various genres, 2 children’s novels, and 2 autobiographies. Some of these novels have been for Nine Elms Books (a small UK publisher), one for Page Turner Awards, and the rest directly for authors. Details of all of these including links to publications and Amazon reviews can be found below.

For the last three years (2020, 2021, 2022, and ongoing) I have been the in-house editor for Page Turner Awards. Through them I offer editor feedback or sample editing on authors’ (max. 3000 words) competition entries, providing writers with a cost-effective way to get style assessment by a professional editor. In 2020 I edited/fed back for 24 authors, in 2021 for 70, and in 2022 for 57.

YearTitleAuthorGenrePublication & linkEdit stagesWord count & notes
2022(Confidential)Kate MueserContemporary fictionStill in revisionDev70k words.
2022(Confidential)Zarina MachaSatireStill in revisionDev87k words. Edit commissioned by Page Turner Awards as per Book Award prize 2021.
2022(Confidential)Rosemary HaywardWomen’s fictionStill in revisionDev217k words.
2021Moral Fibre: A Bomber Pilot’s StoryHelena SchraderHistorical fiction(Self) published by Cross Seas PressDev & Copy167k words. Has received excellent reviews from a number of reputable review sites. See
2021(Confidential)Tasha BertramChildren’s fictionStill in revisionDev & Copy24k words.
2021No Good LieClaire StibbeThrillerStill in revisionDev87k words. Winner of the Page Turner Awards Writing Award 2021.
2021The Girl With Twenty FingersKate MueserLiterary fictionRelease date December 2022 from Blackwater PressDev84k words. Kate signed a deal with new publisher Blackwater Press in 2021.
2021(Confidential)Greg CoonenThrillerAwaiting publicationDev & Copy165k words.
2020LotharingiaLara ByrneHistorical fiction(Self) publishedDev94k words.
2020Lost in MusicRickie JosenAutobiography(Self) publishedCopy76k words.
2020(Confidential)Ron HaighScience fictionStill in revisionDev107k words.
2020Stranger in a White DressSherri MatthewsAutobiographyAwaiting publicationDev & Copy77k words.
2020(Confidential)Paula WynneMystery (period)Awaiting publicationDev84k words.
2020(Confidential)Moira WellsChildren’s fictionStill in revisionDev29k words.
2020Into The FirePhilip TrotterHistorical fictionPublished by Nine Elms BooksDev114k words.
2020(Confidential)Paula WynneCrime fictionStill in revisionDev85k words.
2020The Armistice KillerDavid PalinCrime fictionPublished by Nine Elms BooksDev & Copy85k words.
2019The Fat FingerGreg CoonenThrillerInitially published in the UK by Nine Elms Books, it was later self-published by the author in both the original English and in Catalan.Dev & Copy170k words. This title garnered the somewhat obscure distinction of being the best-selling English language novel in Andorra for 2020. It also achieved a top ten Amazon bestseller placing for novels in Catalan during the same year.
2019Flying Without WingsPaula WynneMystery (period)(Self) published by Prado PressDev & Copy111k words.
2019ElixaPaula WynneMystery (period)(Self) publishedDev & Copy80k words.
2019For The Love of MoneyKim CoxRomance(Self) publishedComposite57k words.
2018The Luna LegacyPaula WynneMystery(Self) published by Prado PressCopy166k words.
2017This Changed EverythingDavid PalinCrime fictionPublished by Nine Elms BooksDev & Copy63k words.
2017The Prying GameDavid PalinCrime fictionAwaiting publicationDev41k words. Deferred to be reworked as a sequel to the author’s other novels.