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, …
Harmony Harkema
Harmony is a seasoned publishing industry professional with over 22 years of experience in magazine and book publishing. She has worked in all areas of editorial, from acquisitions to proofreading to managing editorial, and in many areas of publishing: fiction, nonfiction, academic, Bibles, children’s picture books, and middle grade. She is skilled at all levels of editing and proofreading, indexing, …
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
Jocelyn Bailey
Jocelyn is a freelance editor who specializes in fiction, nonfiction, and academic projects. While working on her MA in English at Boston College, she began her first publishing internship at Beacon Press, where she was happy to be paid in books. After graduating, she joined the fiction division of Thomas Nelson Publishers (now part of HarperCollins). In 2015 she earned a …
Jodi Hughes
Jodi Hughes is an introvert, dog mom, and seasoned editor. She began working for Thomas Nelson Publishers (and later HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus) shortly after college and held various roles during her nearly 14 years with the company, primarily with the fiction team. She has enjoyed working with bestselling and award-winning authors, such as Terri Blackstock, Kristy Cambron, …
Julee Schwarzburg
Julee has worked in Christian publishing for more than 39 years through in-house positions with Tyndale House, Multnomah Publishers, and WaterBrook Multnomah. She has been a freelance editor since 2008. She’s received the Golden Scrolls Fiction Editor of the Year Award twice from Advanced Writers and Speakers Association as well as the Christian Fiction Writers’ Editor of the Year Award. …