Liz Hudson
Trading as: The Litte Red Pen
Based in: Dublin
Professional memberships
Advanced Professional Member, SfEP
Training and professional development
BA (Hons) in English and French (1995)
P.G.Dip. in Printing and Publishing (1999)
Languages
French (fluent)
Experience
December 2004–present, The Little Red Pen
June 2000–September 2004, Senior Production Editor, Routledge (Taylor & Francis Books Ltd)
July 1999–June 2000, Production Editor, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
September 1997–December 2001, Greencard Magazine, Paris
Services offered
Ghostwriting; development and substantive editing; line editing; copy-editing; proofreading; project management; typesetting and layout; ebook formatting
Media
Books, journal articles, educational material, websites
Subject areas
Academic humanities, biography, cinema, cookbooks, creativity, cultural studies, education, feminism, fiction, film, food and drink, France, French language, gender studies, history, Ireland, Irish studies, language, lifestyle, linguistics, literature, literary studies, media studies, Mind Body Spirit, music, New Age, non-fiction, philosophy, politics, popular psychology, self-help, theatre and performance studies, women’s studies
Clients include
Edco: The Educational Company of Ireland, Faber, Mercier Press, The O’Brien Press, Newgen UK (Cambridge University Press, Routledge, I.B. Tauris), Pearson, Routledge, Taylor & Francis
Examples of work undertaken
Neal Bascomb, The Escape Artists: A Band of Daredevil Pilots and the Greatest Prison Break of the Great War (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2018); Allen D. Hertzke, Laura R. Olson, Kevin R. Den Dulk, and Robert Booth Fowler, Religion and Politics in America: Faith, Culture and Strategic Choices, 6th edn (Routledge, 2018); Brian Lenehan and Marie Lenehan, Triomphe au Bac, 2nd edn (Edco, 2018); Kathleen Comerford, Pass Your Driving Test in Ireland (The O’Brien Press, 2018); Jan Baetens and Hugo Frey (eds), The Cambridge History of the Graphic Novel (Cambridge University Press, 2018); Alan Rawes and Diego Saglia (eds), Byron and Italy (Manchester University Press, 2018); Sally Rooney, Conversations with Friends (Faber, 2017), Skills for Today (a series of white papers for Pearson, 2017–2018).
Testimonials
‘Liz Hudson was meticulous about historical veracity, courageous about making suggestions for narrative flow, and really engaged with the characters. While maintaining her natural warmth and good humour, she nevertheless pushed me to raise my game all the time and I am a better writer for it.’ (Author)
‘As always, my first line editor, Liz [Hudson], of the Little Red Pen, shaped and shifted and refined almost every paragraph in the book. I can never sing her praises enough.’ (Author)
‘It was an utter joy and pleasure to work with [Liz]. Not only was she my editor, but I felt like she was my partner in bringing my book to life. Her vast knowledge of the industry and her craft as an editor were invaluable to me publishing my book. Her attention to detail, love for the written word and her desire to see me succeed inspired me to keep going.’ (Author)
‘[Liz] was an assiduous reader and an extraordinarily efficient copy-editor.’ (Author)