Have you written a mystery book? Are you looking for a freelance editor to help you get your book ready for publishing or submitting to a literary agent or publisher?
If so, you’re in the right place!
List of Mystery Book Editors
Here’s our list of 28 mystery book editors that are available for freelance editing work.
If you’re not sure how to work with an editor, what questions to ask them, or how to choose the best editor for your project, check out our free guide on how to find an editor.
1. Lourdes Venard
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.commasense.net
Genre: Fiction, Anthologies, Crime & Mystery, Cultural & Ethnic Themes, Historical Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult, Teen Cooking & Food Wine & Spirits
2. Beth Dorward
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Health & wellbeing Politics & Current Affairs Self-help & Self-improvement Adventure Crime & Mystery Dystopian Fantasy Horror LGBTQ Science Fiction
3. Ann Leslie Tuttle
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.dystel.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Literature, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Thriller, Women’s Fiction
4. Constance Renfrow
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.threeroomspress.com
Genre: Anthologies, Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, LGBTQ, Literature, Short Story, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs History
5. Ben Way
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Email: [email protected]
Website: www.benjaminway.co.uk
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, Humor & Comedy, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen, Antiques & Collectibles, Biographies & Memoirs, Computers & Internet, Cooking & Food Wine & Spirits, Education & Reference, Entertainment, Health & wellbeing, History, Medicine & Nursing & Dentistry, Music, Nature, Sports & outdoor recreation
6. Mark Swift
Email: [email protected]
Website:
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Humor & Comedy, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Music, Sports & outdoor recreation
7. Michael Rowley
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.rebellionpublishing.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Dystopian, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller, Urban Fantasy
8. Thalia Suzuma
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.literaryconsultancy.co.uk
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Literature, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs, Education & Reference
9. Julie Fergusson
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Dystopian LGBTQ, Literature, Romance, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen
10. Susannah Noel
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.susannahnoel.com
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Finance & Accounting, Health & wellbeing, Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Management, Finance & Accounting, Health & wellbeing
11. Geoff Smith
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.uts.edu.au/geoff.smith
Genre: Adventure, Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, LGBTQ, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs, History, True Crime
12. Julie Tibbott
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Children’s – Middle Grade, Crime & Mystery, Dystopian, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen
13. Teja Watson
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.tejarhae.com
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels, Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, LGBTQ Literature Thriller Women’s Fiction Young Adult & Teen Biographies & Memoirs Health & wellbeing LGBTQ (non fiction) Nature Parenting & Families Psychology Religion & Spirituality
14. Aja Pollock
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery Fantasy Historical Fiction Humor & Comedy Literature Thriller Women’s Fiction Architecture Art Biographies & Memoirs Design Entertainment History Music Photography Travel
15. Gillian Holmes
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Adventure, Anthologies, Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Romance, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Biographies & Memoirs
16. Megan McKeever
Email: www.megswish.org/contact
Website: www.meganmckeevereditorial.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Literature, Paranormal Romance, Romance, Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs, Entertainment
17. Kelly Lydick
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.kellylydick.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery Poetry Romance Business & Management Travel
18. Christina Roth
Email: www.christinarotheditorial.com
Website: www.christinarotheditorial.com
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Health & wellbeing, History, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality, Self-help & Self-improvement, Christian, Crime & Mystery, Historical Fiction, Thriller
19. Harrison Demchick
Email: www.harrisondemchick.com/contact
Website: www.harrisondemchick.com
Genre: Adventure Children’s – Middle Grade, Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, Horror, Humor & Comedy Literature, Plays & Screenplays, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs
20. Ashley Strosnider
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ashleystrosnider.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery Literature Poetry Romance Short Story Women’s Fiction Business & Management History
21. Meghan Pinson
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.mytwocentsediting.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Cultural & Ethnic Themes, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literature, Romance, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen Publishing
22. Claire Rushbrook
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery Fantasy Horror Literature Science Fiction Thriller Young Adult & Teen Health & wellbeing Travel
23. Andrew Lowe
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Dystopian, Fantasy, Gaming & LitRPG, Horror, Literature, Science Fiction, Thriller, Urban Fantasy
24. Allister Thompson
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Children’s Books, Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Literature, Science Fiction, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen, Architecture, Art Design, History, Music, Photography, Politics & Current Affairs, Religion & Spirituality, Sports & outdoor recreation
25. Scott Pack
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Humor & Comedy Literature, Science Fiction, Thriller, Women’s Fiction, Young Adult & Teen, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Self-help & Self-improvement, Sports & outdoor recreation, Travel
26. Edmund Pickett
Email: www.edmundpickett.com/contact
Website: www.edmundpickett.com
Genre: Adventure, Crime & Mystery, Thriller
27. Ryan Quinn
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.ryanquinnbooks.com
Genre: Crime & Mystery, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, Humor & Comedy, Inspirational, LGBTQ, Literature, Plays & Screenplays, Romance, Science Fiction, Short Story, Thriller, Young Adult & Teen, History, Politics & Current Affairs
28. Julie Mianecki
Email: [email protected]
Genre: Crime & Mystery Paranormal Romance Romance Thriller Women’s Fiction Biographies & Memoir
If you need a literary agent, you can also check out our list of mystery and thriller literary agents and our list of mystery & thriller publishers.
You can also check out our list of editors for other genres:
Tom Corson-Knowles is the founder of TCK Publishing, and the bestselling author of 27 books including Secrets of the Six-Figure author. He is also the host of the Publishing Profits Podcast show where we interview successful authors and publishing industry experts to share their tips for creating a successful writing career.
