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About

With twenty years of experience in the publishing industry, I am a skilled and versatile copyeditor and proofreader who can handle a variety of book genres and formats for readers of all ages. I am passionate about ensuring the quality and accuracy of every manuscript I work on through the lens of evolving and inclusive language. I have an advanced diploma in copyediting, proofreading, and fact-checking from New York University, and I am confident editing in American, Canadian, and British English.

 

I am eligible to work for publishers based in the United States and Canada, and I have ongoing relationships with clients such as Penguin Random House (Ballantine, Clarkson Potter, DK, Dutton, Penguin Press, Riverhead, Sasquatch, Ten Speed Press, Tundra, Viking), Macmillan Children's Publishing Group (Feiwel & Friends, FSG, Henry Holt, Odd Dot), Scholastic Inc., and Podium Entertainment.

For five years, I was a managing editor at Penguin Random House Canada, where I was responsible for producing second format editions across adult imprints. I worked in collaboration with originating editors and publishers, and production, design, sales, and operations teams to ensure the delivery of hundreds of books throughout my tenure.

Raised near Cleveland, Ohio, I lived in Brooklyn, New York, for thirteen years before immigrating to Canada, where I've called Toronto, Ontario, and Vancouver, British Columbia, home. I currently reside in Toronto with my husband and daughter.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

The land I live and work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

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