Sarah - Freelance Editor

Sarah is a graduate of Rice University and the Columbia Publishing Course, as well as the New York University courses MBA Fundamentals, Fundamentals of Copyediting, and Writing for Children, and MediaBistro’s YA Novel Writing. She was an editor at Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Children’s Books, for four and a half years. Sarah began her publishing career as a reporter for The Kingwood Observer newspaper and as an intern at Bloomsbury Children’s Books. She has worked on books for young readers of all ages, from board books through young adult novels. Titles that Sarah has edited include Do the Math: The Writing on the Wall, by Wendy Lichtman; Declare Yourself: Speak. Act. Connect. Vote. More than 50 Celebrated Americans Tell You Why; Organs!: How They Work, Fall Apart, and Can Be Replaced (Gasp!), by Nancy Winslow Parker; Forget-Her-Nots, by Amy Brecount White; and A Balloon for Isabel, by Deborah Underwood, illustrated by Laura Rankin. She has served on the faculty of conferences around the country, including SCBWI-New Jersey, SCBWI-Arizona, SCBWI-Western Washington, SCBWI-West/Central Upstate New York, SCBWI-Oregon, SCBWI-Houston, SCBWI-Wisconsin, SCBWI-New England, SCBWI-Michigan, and the Children’s Book Illustrators Group.

Sarah is available for consulting, copyediting, proofreading, and editing. She can help your book at any stage of the game—from idea development and writing guidance through submission and marketing advice. She specializes in children’s and young adult titles, both fiction and non-fiction, but is also happy to work on projects for adult readers. Sarah is selective about which projects she works with. If you are interested in hiring her, please contact: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it