Allison landed in the freelance editing world in 2013 after being introduced to the nonfiction editorial team at Thomas Nelson (now an imprint of HarperCollins Christian) by another freelance editor. Allison quickly found she loved the work, as her detail-oriented nature and passion for books make her well suited to this field. She has an undergraduate degree in psychology, with …
Amy Kerr
Amy is a Nashville-based writer and editor who specializes in nonfiction and children’s projects. She started her career as an editor for HarperCollins Publishers, specializing in four-color products like children’s books, gift books and lifestyle books, and branched off into freelance writing and editing about ten years ago. In addition to her Big 5 publishing clients, she’s been fortunate to …
Andrew Buss
Andrew has been a copy editor and proofreader specializing in adult nonfiction and scholarly writing since 2014. He has worked with several university presses and with a variety of Christian publishers, including Reformation Heritage, P&R Publishing, Baker Books, InterVarsity Press, and HarperCollins Christian. He serves authors publishing in a wide array of genres but has focused particularly on Christian theology …
Blake Jurgens
Blake A. Jurgens, PhD, is a book editor and humanities scholar based out of Grand Rapids, Michigan, specializing in academic and adult nonfiction. He started his career as an editorial assistant with the Princeton Theological Seminary Dead Sea Scrolls Project. Then he branched off into freelance editorial work for academic presses, including Baker Academic, Eerdmans, Penn State University Press, and …
Cara Meredith
Cara has been writing and editing professionally for over a decade. She specializes in developmental editing for nonfiction manuscripts, as well as proofreading and copy editing for both fiction and nonfiction projects. She also offers coaching and copywriting services for interested clients. She is the author of The Color of Life and Church Camp and has been published in over 100 media …
Carrie Krause
Carrie has worked in publishing for over 20 years, beginning her career at Baker after graduating with an English major from Hope College. Since joining the freelance world in 2004, Carrie has focused primarily on proofreading and copyediting trade books, both fiction and nonfiction. She has proofread numerous titles for Baker Publishing Group and HarperCollins Christian Publishing, including books by …
Darcie Clemen Robertson
Darcie began her work as an editor in 2006 at Thomas Nelson Publishers. She then edited for a media company before she began freelance editing and coaching in 2014. Her clients have included Thomas Nelson, Zondervan, Harvest House, StoryBrand, IF:Gathering, The Readable Bible, Fierce Marriage, and others. The daughter of an artist and an engineer, Darcie finds in editing a …
Ed Curtis
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, …
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 …