Lisa has nearly 20 years of experience as a freelance copyeditor and proofreader and has worked on a wide range of projects for mainstream and Christian publishers, including HarperCollins Christian Publishing, Turner, and Grandin Hood Publishers. She has proofread and edited hundreds of titles in numerous genres, both fiction and nonfiction, including cookbooks, devotionals, biographies, and memoirs. An avid reader …
Merry MacIvor
Merry has been working as a freelance editor since 2010, collaborating on fiction and nonfiction projects. Bilingual, she enjoys working on Spanish-language manuscripts. She is skilled in developmental and substantive editing. Merry enjoys variety and is known for her attention to detail. Merry has bachelor’s degrees in anthropology and Spanish. When she’s not editing or interpreting, Merry loves to travel …
Pam Nordberg
Pam launched her proofreading and copyediting career in 2010 as a freelancer and immediately knew this was the career path that matched her talents and personality. With little more than an intense desire to succeed and a thorough knowledge of the Chicago Manual of Style, she built up a resume that now includes over 500 books from dozens of publishers. …
Phil Newman
Phil is a seasoned book editor who began his freelance career for Thomas Nelson in 2009. His work has spanned multiple publishers, including HarperCollins, Penguin Random House, Forefront, IVP, Baker, and more. The numerous authors whose books Phil has worked on include Franklin Graham, Sarah Jakes Roberts, Henri Nouwen, Bob Goff, Max Lucado, Lisa Whittle, Savannah Guthrie, Brant Hansen, Nancy …
Pierce VanDunk
Pierce VanDunk is an editor and writer with more than a decade of experience. His writing has been featured on Business Insider, Missio Alliance, and The Upper Room. After earning his MDiv from Boston University School of Theology, Pierce started academic editing work for doctoral candidates at theological schools. Soon after, he branched out into editing trade publications. He now …
Quantrilla Ard
Quantrilla Ard, PhD, is an editor, speaker, faith-based personal and spiritual development writer, and multi-published author who believes in the power of collective strength, community, and fellowship. A passionate creative at heart, Quanny (as her friends call her) regularly records audios and writes teachings for the First 5 app with Proverbs 31 Ministries, has been a contributing study leader for …
Rachael Clements
Rachael has been an editor for more than ten years and a book lover for as long as she can remember. She specializes in copyediting and proofreading and has worked on numerous books for both mainstream and Christian publishers, including Penguin Random House, HarperCollins, and Harvest House, as well as select independent authors. Her editing experience includes inspirational and women’s …
Renée Chavez
Renée Chavez is a veteran in the publishing industry, with more than 25 years’ experience in all things editorial for publishers and authors from coast to coast and overseas. A graduate of the University of Memphis, Renée is experienced in all stages of the publishing process and performs an array of editorial tasks, including content editing, copy editing, cover and …
Susan Cornell
Susan has 20 years’ experience in publishing as a copy editor and production editor, serving many of those years as chief production editor for Abingdon Press. Susan received her BS in English-journalism from Tennessee Technological University, with minors in history and foreign language (especially French). She is still a history fan, with wide and varied interests, and also a bit …
Tama Fortner
Tama is an ECPA award-winning and bestselling author with more than 50 titles to her credit, including her latest God, I Feel Scared and Everyday Joys Devotional: 40 Days of Reflecting on the Intersection of Ordinary and Divine. She is the writer behind the million-selling Indescribable for Kids series with Louie Giglio, as well as a number of books in …