I am a freelance editor specializing in commercial fiction—also assistant to literary agent Elizabeth Kracht of Kimberley Cameron & Associates Literary Agency in California. I am a sucker for stories that draw me into a tightly imagined world, especially where I learn a new skill or see life in a new way. I like nuanced, layered, emotionally rich text—and love helping authors bring out the best in their work.

Although editing is now my profession, I originally trained as an illustrator. I have also been an EFL teacher in England, Italy, and China; taught meditation for a couple of decades in Cambridge, UK; and painted a large mural on a restaurant wall in France! Life has been varied and stimulating, and it all feeds into my work as an editor. I also practice qigong, kung fu, taiji and sanda—with so many hours at a desk, exercise is important for my mind and body.

Special areas of interest include: ancient cultures, mythology, psychology, martial arts, high demand groups, the crossover between spirituality and science, and humanity’s relationship to the rest of nature.

The future? I want to continue my work with commercial fiction, but also I would like to develop experience editing mid-grade, tween and young adult fiction—partly because my time as an English teacher dealt mainly with those age groups, but also because that’s where my own creative writing is directed.