Ed has invested more than 30 years in publishing—part in Christian publishing with Word Publishing, part in the general trade world with Rutledge Hill Press and Cumberland House Publishing, and part with a STEM publisher in South Florida. His genre specialties include history, historical fiction, biography, true crime, political science, and current events. Ed majored in history and religion (with …
Georgette Beatty
Georgette has more than 20 years of professional experience in editing print and digital content, and she’s committed to helping authors produce the best work possible for their audiences. Georgette has a bachelor’s degree in communication from Purdue University, with minors in English and psychology. She started her professional editing career at Scholastic Reading Counts!, a technology-based reading motivation, management, …
Jamie Chavez
Jamie Chavez worked for more than 10 years in the Christian publishing industry (and more than 20 as a freelance copywriter) before she found her niche as an independent writer and editor in 2004. As an editor, Chavez believes goodwill and relationship with an author are as important as her way with that author’s manuscript. She wants to be on …
Jared Austin
Jared has been an editor for more than 10 years, working on both children’s and adult books for multiple publishing houses. He is currently a senior editor for a small publishing company and manages multiple books from start to finish in the editing and designing process. He usually works on religious literature, and he has degrees in Bible and English …
Jean Kavich Bloom
Jean has been in the publishing industry for 37 years, including serving as an executive managing editor for Zondervan. Today, as an independent editor, Jean is engaged by both Christian publishing houses and individual authors. She offers substantive, line, and copy editing for fiction and nonfiction books. Several of her publisher clients request that she work directly with their authors, …
Jennifer Gott
Jennifer has worked in book publishing for 25 years, beginning at Multnomah Publishers in 1999, followed by many years of freelance editing in the Christian, general market, and academic spaces. Most recently, Jennifer served as VP/Publisher for the gift division at HarperCollins Christian Publishing. She has spent her career in nonfiction, fiction, and children’s books, focusing for many years on …
Jennifer Haney Stair
Jennifer has been helping authors make good books great for almost 30 years. Your work will be in the best possible hands with Jennifer, one of the industry’s most accomplished and trusted editors. Jennifer is proficient in all stages of the editorial process, including manuscript critique, developmental and substantive editing, and copy editing. Her additional experience in product development, project …
Jennifer Lonas
Jennifer is a quality-oriented editor, copy editor, and proofreader with more than 30 years of experience in the publishing field. Over the course of her career, Jennifer has skillfully guided hundreds of nonfiction and fiction books to publication. She has also collaborated on a variety of projects with academic and magazine publishers, including Focus on the Family. As a former in-house production editor …
Jennifer Moorman
Jennifer is a Nashville-based author and editor, specializing in trade nonfiction with a focus on inspirational and uplifting material, children’s books, four-color nonfiction (lifestyle, cookbooks, health/wellness, devotionals & daily readers). She also enjoys developmental editing and copy editing genre fiction. Working in publishing for nearly two decades and as a long-time senior editor for HarperCollins, Jennifer has coached dozens of …
Jessica DiDonato
Jessica fell in love with words during her senior year of high school, particularly while studying Greek mythology and the classics. Homer’s Odyssey was a favorite, and it set her on her own epic journey to becoming an editor. With nearly 20 years of experience in all aspects of the publishing process, Jess has found that she’s most passionate about …