I'm a highly experienced editor and project manager.
I work for leading publishers and direct with authors, across non-fiction, poetry and fiction.
Editorial project management I can take care of a non-fiction book from author brief/draft flatplan to final proofread, liaising with your editorial team in or out of house and commissioning contributors as necessary.
Editing For non-fiction, I offer structural editing, line editing, copyediting (or page editing in Indesign), proofreading. I line edit, copyedit and proofread fiction, provided that I'm familiar with the genre (I don't work on children's/YA). I copyedit and proofread poetry.
'Proof-editing' I also proofread and copyedit marketing materials and websites for publishers and indie authors.
'Anna is more than just a great editor – she has a rare ability to see the bigger picture. Her insight and guidance didn’t just improve my writing, they helped me grow as a writer.' Vicky Carpenter (non-fiction)
'I can't thank you enough for the quality and depth of your corrections and comments in the margin...I had a steep learning curve to climb but your email letter made it really easy for me.' David Healey (poetry)
'Thank you so much for all your work. You have made the proofing process as painless as possible.' Katie Hall, Marketing and Brand Director, Faber
I'm also the author of two non-fiction books written to the publisher's title and brief: How to Raise a Global Citizen (DK) and A Young Citizen's Guide to Money (Hodder Wayland).
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 'This is a book that all parents should have ... Well written and easy to understand.' Amazon reviewer on How to Raise a Global Citizen by Anna Davidson
Past clients include DK, Faber, HarperCollins, Vermilion, Hodder, University College London, the Ada Lovelace Institute. My particular areas of interest for non-fiction lie in parenting, health, wellness and self-help. Authors I've worked with include Professor Lesley Regan, Zita West, Margot Sunderland, Penelope Leach, Annabel Karmel, Emma Cannon, Dr Chandrima Biswas.
Many of the books I've worked on recently aren't yet published, so watch this space! They include The Poems of Seamus Heaney (Faber, proofreading); The Poems of Sylvia Plath (Faber, proofreading); Homer's Odyssey: an illustrated retelling (UniPress Books, line editing a new translation); literary fiction (anglicisation of a US translation of a French novel); exquisitely illustrated non-fiction (project management); a follow-up poetry collection (copyediting).
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