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 …

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 …

Erendira Ramirez-Ortega

Erendira is a widely published writer and blogger whose work has appeared in The Washington Post, Crosswalk, and numerous other publications. She is the cofounding editor of Burning Bush Press, with years of background in homeschooling and children’s literature development. As a sensitivity reader, she offers guidance about the second-generation immigrant experience, the bilingual experience (English/Spanish), and the bicultural Mexican …

John Sloan

John has worked in publishing and editorial roles for 40 years with Multnomah and Zondervan. He offers his services for freelance work in the areas of book development, collaboration, writer coaching, book doctoring, macro editing, and content editing. He has worked with a broad spectrum of book and author types. He has edited the literary and general market works of authors …

Linda Washington

Linda Washington

Linda is a freelance editor/writer living in Wheaton, Illinois. She was a full-time curriculum editor at David C. Cook and Ligature Creative Studios (textbook developer). Later, she was a freelance manuscript reviewer and book editor for Tyndale House, a senior project writer/editor for Livingstone/e-Christian, and then later switched hats and became a developmental editor for fiction and nonfiction projects for …

Margot Starbuck

A graduate of Westmont College and Princeton Theological Seminary, Margot has written over 30 books as an author and collaborator and has had a hand in hundreds of major publishing projects. As an editor and writer, Margot has a reputation for excellence and a commitment to swift delivery. She has partnered with numerous publishers as well as working alongside authors …

Natalie Hanemann

Natalie is an award-winning editor and ghostwriter who has worked for 25 years in book publishing, including several years with Duke University Press and Thomas Nelson. She started a freelance editing business in 2012. Natalie earned her undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University and her master of arts in theology from Franciscan University at Steubenville. Her favorite projects to work …

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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 …

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 …

Sharifa Stevens

Sharifa Stevens

Sharifa is the daughter of Jamaican immigrants, born and raised in New York, and currently residing with her family in Dallas, Texas. She is an experienced sensitivity reader, collaborative writer, and substantive editor, with a bachelor’s degree in African American Studies from Columbia University and a master’s degree in theology from Dallas Theological Seminary. Sharifa is passionate about the intersection …