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.
Year | Title | Author | Genre | Publication & link | Edit stages | Word count & notes |
2022 | (Confidential) | Kate Mueser | Contemporary fiction | Still in revision | Dev | 70k words. |
2022 | (Confidential) | Zarina Macha | Satire | Still in revision | Dev | 87k words. Edit commissioned by Page Turner Awards as per Book Award prize 2021. |
2022 | (Confidential) | Rosemary Hayward | Women’s fiction | Still in revision | Dev | 217k words. |
2021 | Moral Fibre: A Bomber Pilot’s Story | Helena Schrader | Historical fiction | (Self) published by Cross Seas Press | Dev & Copy | 167k words. Has received excellent reviews from a number of reputable review sites. See |
2021 | (Confidential) | Tasha Bertram | Children’s fiction | Still in revision | Dev & Copy | 24k words. |
2021 | No Good Lie | Claire Stibbe | Thriller | Still in revision | Dev | 87k words. Winner of the Page Turner Awards Writing Award 2021. |
2021 | The Girl With Twenty Fingers | Kate Mueser | Literary fiction | Release date December 2022 from Blackwater Press | Dev | 84k words. Kate signed a deal with new publisher Blackwater Press in 2021. |
2021 | (Confidential) | Greg Coonen | Thriller | Awaiting publication | Dev & Copy | 165k words. |
2020 | Lotharingia | Lara Byrne | Historical fiction | (Self) published | Dev | 94k words. |
2020 | Lost in Music | Rickie Josen | Autobiography | (Self) published | Copy | 76k words. |
2020 | (Confidential) | Ron Haigh | Science fiction | Still in revision | Dev | 107k words. |
2020 | Stranger in a White Dress | Sherri Matthews | Autobiography | Awaiting publication | Dev & Copy | 77k words. |
2020 | (Confidential) | Paula Wynne | Mystery (period) | Awaiting publication | Dev | 84k words. |
2020 | (Confidential) | Moira Wells | Children’s fiction | Still in revision | Dev | 29k words. |
2020 | Into The Fire | Philip Trotter | Historical fiction | Published by Nine Elms Books | Dev | 114k words. |
2020 | (Confidential) | Paula Wynne | Crime fiction | Still in revision | Dev | 85k words. |
2020 | The Armistice Killer | David Palin | Crime fiction | Published by Nine Elms Books | Dev & Copy | 85k words. |
2019 | The Fat Finger | Greg Coonen | Thriller | Initially 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 & Copy | 170k 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. |
2019 | Flying Without Wings | Paula Wynne | Mystery (period) | (Self) published by Prado Press | Dev & Copy | 111k words. |
2019 | Elixa | Paula Wynne | Mystery (period) | (Self) published | Dev & Copy | 80k words. |
2019 | For The Love of Money | Kim Cox | Romance | (Self) published | Composite | 57k words. |
2018 | The Luna Legacy | Paula Wynne | Mystery | (Self) published by Prado Press | Copy | 166k words. |
2017 | This Changed Everything | David Palin | Crime fiction | Published by Nine Elms Books | Dev & Copy | 63k words. |
2017 | The Prying Game | David Palin | Crime fiction | Awaiting publication | Dev | 41k words. Deferred to be reworked as a sequel to the author’s other novels. |