A professional editor and book coach for 25+ years, Jenny enjoys working with writers to transform their words and personal stories into impactful, inspiring books. Former editorial director at HarperCollins Christian Publishing, executive editor at Hachette, and currently the head of her long-running editorial practice and agency, she has had the opportunity to work on hundreds of titles, specializing in …
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 …
Joanna Ng
Joanna is an editor, collaborator, and writer with more than 15 years of experience in the publishing industry, including over a decade as a nonfiction editor at the Tarcher imprint of Penguin Random House. She’s now focused on book collaboration, proposal development, developmental editing, line editing, book doctoring, and ghostwriting. She’s acquired, edited, and cowritten books in the categories of …
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 is an introvert, dog mom, and seasoned editor. She began working for Thomas Nelson Publishers (later HarperCollins Christian Publishing and HarperCollins Focus) shortly after college and held various roles during her 14 years with the company, primarily with the fiction team, before transitioning to work as a freelance editor. She has enjoyed working with bestselling and award-winning authors, such as …
Joshua Cooley
Joshua is a longtime professional editor and a New York Times–bestselling author who has written or contributed to more than 20 books for adults, teens, and children. As an editor, he provides services to a variety of publishers, including HarperCollins Christian, Tyndale, Crossway, David C Cook, New Growth Press, Barbour, and Awana. As a writer, Joshua’s freelance content (feature stories, devotionals, …
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. …
Julie Breihan
Julie is an editor with over 25 years of experience in the publishing world. She specializes in line editing, substantive editing, and copyediting, but she also enjoys proofing on the side. She works on many genres, including novels, memoirs, children’s, devotionals, Christian living, biographies, humor, cookbooks, business, finance, politics. She loves it all, and she has found that working on …
Karli Jackson
Karli began her publishing career with the rights department at HarperCollins Christian Publishing before transitioning to the editorial team, where she nurtured relationships with authors and helped them shape and create their stories. Her editing credits include New York Times and USA Today bestsellers and award-winning authors such as Rachel Hauck, Lauren Denton, and Denise Hunter. She now works on …
Kate Etue
Ink is in my veins. At least, that’s what a publisher I once worked for told me. I think my system is running on at least 50% coffee, but he has a point. I love books. I’ve been working in the publishing industry for more than 20 years. (Let’s be honest, it’s getting closer to 30.) I have the stats …