About Me

I’m a professional writer and editor with more than 20 years’ experience, gained both in-house and as a freelancer.

​Since going freelance in 2006, I’ve worked with all kinds of clients, from charities to businesses, government bodies to cultural organisations.

But my passion lies in books: writing books, developing books, editing books and proofreading books for publishers and authors. 

Non-fiction book editor and ghostwriter Charlie Wilson
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Working with publishers

I’ve edited books across a range of genres for publishers. One of my main publisher clients has been Wiley: I’ve developed, copy-edited or proofread more than 70 ‘For Dummies’ guides for John Wiley & Sons in the UK and Wiley-VCH in Germany.

Book editor portfolio: Economics For Dummies
Book editor portfolio: Psychology For Dummies
Book editor portfolio: The Tudors For Dummies
Book editor portfolio: Organisational Behaviour For Dummies
Book editor portfolio: Overcoming Anxiety
Book editor portfolio: Digital Marketing For Dummies

I’ve edited academic books for Routledge, Taylor & Francis, educational books for Folens, travel guides for Frommer’s and history books for Imperial War Museums Publishing. I’ve ghostwritten guides for nurseries in India and developed workbooks for pupils in China.

Book editor portfolio: Weird War Two
Book editor portfolio: Handbook of Criminology
Book editor portfolio: Salzburg
Book editor portfolio: The Battle of Britain
Book editor portfolio: Racism and Education
Book editor portfolio: Sherlock Holmes

Working with authors

I work with experienced authors and first-time authors; with authors who are traditionally published and authors who publish independently.

I help authors to share their stories through memoirs and to tell others’ stories through biographies. I ghostwrite, edit and proofread history books, business books, psychology books, self-help books and ‘how-to’ guides.

Book editor portfolio: Time for Humanity
Book editor portfolio: Anti-burnout
Book editor portfolio: Now You're Talking
Book editor portfolio: Data and AI Guide
Book editor portfolio: Understanding the Highly Sensitive Child
Book editor portfolio: The World As It Is

My editorial background

Before going freelance, I built my editorial experience working for a PR agency, a non-profit organisation and a publishing house.

As a freelancer, my client list has included:

  • Cultural organisations like the Imperial War Museums

  • Charities like the Scout Association, FARM-Africa and Turning Point

  • Companies like Volkswagen, James Villas and Associated British Ports

  • Government bodies like the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation and the National Assessment Agency

  • Educational institutions like the Universities of Surrey, Brighton and Liverpool

I’ve also worked with a lot of fiction authors, such as Sif Sigmarsdóttir (Hodder), Neil Spring (Quercus), Karen Clarke (Little, Brown), and bestselling indie/hybrid authors Rob Sinclair and Christopher Greyson.

I now specialise in ghostwriting and editing non-fiction books for authors and publishers.

A little more about me…

Book editor ghostwriter: How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing

In 2010, I co-wrote the book How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing (How To Books, a Little, Brown imprint), which was featured in The Bookseller’s ‘Best Books on Publishing’.

I’ve given talks on editing for companies and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading. I’ve trained fellow freelance editors/proofreaders. And I’ve written a regular column for the Society of Young Publishers.

University of Nottingham book editor ghostwriter

I’​m based in Beeston, Nottingham, near the university (of which I’m an alumni).

From here I work with authors across the UK and beyond. I have clients in countries as diverse as the United States, Poland, Germany, Sweden, China, India and the United Arab Emirates.

Book editor ghostwriter John Rylands Library

When I’m not editing/writing/reading books, you’ll find me out and about with my children. 

We particularly love exploring historic buildings, museums, art galleries and, of course, bookshops and libraries.