Educational qualifications
BA (Hons) English and History of Art
Experience
I have seventeen years of editing and proofreading experience, both in-house – as managing editor of New Island – and freelance.
Services offered
Proofreading, copy-editing, fiction editing (esp. children’s and YA), manuscript critiques, reader’s reports, structural editing, developmental editing
Subject areas
Fiction, narrative non-fiction, children’s, young adult, crime fiction, cookery, history, biography, literature, art
Clients include
Atlantic Books, Children’s Books Ireland, Gill Books, Hachette Ireland, Lisa Richards Agency, Little Island Books, Mentor Books, Mercier Press, New Island, O’Brien Press, various independent authors
Examples of work undertaken
Editing examples:
Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen, The Importance of Being Aisling, Gill Books, 2018
S. A. Dunphy, When She Was Gone, Hachette Ireland, 2018
Zoë Miller, The Visitor, Hachette Ireland, 2018
Brian McDermott, Donegal Table, The O’Brien Press, 2018
Caitríona Perry, In America: Tales from Trump Country, Gill Books, 2017
Jason Byrne, The Accidental Adventures of Onion O’Brien: The Great Ape Escape, Gill Books, 2018
E. R. Murray, Nine Lives Trilogy, Mercier Press, 2016–18
Inis magazine, Children’s Books Ireland (2013–19)
Proofreading examples:
Tadhg Coakley, First Sunday in September, Mercier Press, 2018
Maria Duffy, In Search of Us, Hachette Ireland, 2018
Cethan Leahy, Tuesdays Are Just as Bad, Mercier Press, 2018
Brendan O’Donoghue, Adventures in Philosophy, Gill Books, 2018
Deirdre Sullivan, Tangleweed and Brine, Little Island, 2017
Andy Lee, Fighter, Gill Books, 2018
Alison O’Reilly, My Name Is Bridget: The Untold Story of Bridget Dolan and the Tuam Mother and Baby Home, Gill Books, 2018
Philly McMahon, The Choice, Gill Books, 2017
Additional information
I work with publishers, with authors preparing to submit their work to publishers and with independently published authors.