Find an Editor

GEN members offer a wide range of freelance editorial services, including copyediting and proofreading – search our directory, or alternatively contact us to find the right person.

As members of the CIEP we are committed to excellent standards in editing and in our professional relationship with our clients (see the small print).

If you are not sure what services you need, read Find the Right Editor for You and CIEP FAQs on what copyeditors and proofreaders do, or contact us.

Directory

At Glasgow Editors’ Network you will find a wide variety of subject specialisms and a range of experience in looking after different types of clients. Our members offer editorial and proofreading services, as well as other kinds of assistance with printed and online text. We all belong to the CIEP, the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading.

Our membership categories are:

  • Advanced Professional Member
  • Professional Member
  • Intermediate Member
  • Entry Level Member

Click on members’ names below to find out more about us. You will be able to see the services offered by individual editors and their areas of expertise. You can also use the search box if there’s a keyword or skill you want to search for. Please contact individual editors directly to discuss your project, receive a quotation and find out their availability.

To be fair to our members, directory results show in a random order. Please refresh the page to change the order.

Stephen Cashmore

Stephen Cashmore

Advanced Professional
Proofreader and copyeditor of both fiction and non-fiction
Alison Gray

Alison Gray

Intermediate
Developmental editing, Copyediting

Lucy Metzger

Advanced Professional

Susan Milligan

Advanced Professional
Copyediting, Proofreading, Editorial consultancy

Sarah E. Thomas

Professional
Copyediting, Language editing, specialising in editing academic history and archaeology

Gale Winskill, Winskill Editorial

Advanced Professional
Fiction editing, Coaching/training for authors and editors, Non-fiction
Jonathan Webley

Jonathan Webley

Advanced Professional
Proofreading, Copyediting, Maths solution checking, LaTeX typesetting
Merle Read

Merle Read

Advanced Professional
Copyeditor and proofreader specialising in academic, general non-fiction and web content editing
Alison Chand

Alison Chand

Professional
Proofreader and copyeditor, specialising in academic theses, books and articles

Victoria Miller

Intermediate
Kathleen McNish

Kathleen McNish

Professional
Proofreading and Editing
Eleanor Abraham

Eleanor Abraham

Advanced Professional
Copyediting, Line editing, Proofreading, Typesetting, Formatting, Ebooks, Book interiors, Layout design, Book design, Manuscript assessment, Developmental editing, PDF markup, Ghostwriting

Denise Cowle

Advanced Professional

Lizzie Gowans

Entry Level

Ian Skewis

Professional
Proofreading, Editing, Copyediting, Structural editing, Developmental editing, Proof-editing, Novels, Fiction
David Smith

David Smith

Intermediate
Proofreader and copyeditor of non-fiction
Mhairi Evans

Mhairi Evans

Entry Level

Maggie Reid

Entry Level
Colette Duggan

Colette Duggan

Professional
Getting your message across: for indie authors, for students, for you

Anne Halliday

Professional
Copyediting and proofreading

Who’s the best proofreader or editor for you?

To help you find the right person to work with, here are three questions for you to think about as you search our Directory.

What can we do for you?

You need help with … We can help you! Search on these skills:
… planning, shaping or structuring your text developmental editing
structural editing
rewriting
manuscript critique
review
… correcting and styling your writing copyediting
proof-editing
line editing
… presenting your text at its very best proofreading
formatting
design
illustration
graphics
tables

What type of material are you writing?

Our members cover a wide range. Try searching for …

report
short story
textbook
thesis
training
user guide
website

What’s your subject or genre?

Each of our members has specialised experience in one or more areas:

accounting
archaeology
biography
business
classics
cookery
ELT
fantasy/sci-fi
feminism

film
finance
fine art
gender studies
health
heritage
history
human rights
languages

literature
maths
medicine
memoir
music
mystery
philosophy
politics
religion

romance
science
Scottish studies
self-help
spirituality
sports
thriller
travel
TV

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academic book
bibliography
biography
blog
brochure
creative writing
CV

dissertation
documentation
education
essay
journal article
life story
magazine article

memoir
newsletter
novel
poetry
presentation
prospectus
references

report
short story
textbook
thesis
training
user guide
website

What’s your subject or genre?

Each of our members has specialised experience in one or more areas:

accounting
archaeology
biography
business
classics
cookery
ELT
fantasy/sci-fi
feminism

film
finance
fine art
gender studies
health
heritage
history
human rights
languages

literature
maths
medicine
memoir
music
mystery
philosophy
politics
religion

romance
science
Scottish studies
self-help
spirituality
sports
thriller
travel
TV

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