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I provide a personalised academic editing and copywriting service in medicine and surgery and have over 30 years of experience working on a one-to-one basis with clinicians and academic researchers across a range of specialty and subspecialty areas. A broad range of services is offered, including: • substantive editing, copyediting, proofreading, and formatting of journal articles, book chapters, clinical reports, meeting presentations, and grant applications • copyediting, proofreading, and formatting of theses and dissertations • copywriting of physicians’ and surgeons’ website material and patient information • preparation of medical resumes/curricula vitae and postgraduate applications My company, MedSurgBio Ltd, is based in Cambridge, New Zealand, which has been spared the current COVID-19 pandemic.

I am a qualified proofreader and copy editor and I have a BA (HONS) in Creative Writing from Bath Spa University. I am a published author of a children’s adventure novel, and I have had many years experience marketing self-published books for authors and managing daily social media posts across multiple platforms. My work experience includes more than six years of editing, proofreading and ghostwriting projects, including contemporary adult fiction, crime thrillers, historical fiction, biographies and various non-fiction manuscripts. I also have experience formatting and publishing eBooks and Print-on-Demand paperbacks for Amazon KDP. I am a former librarian, so I have a vast knowledge of all types of writing including all genres of fiction, non-fiction, biography and children's literature. As a qualified proofreader and copy editor, you can be sure my work is well-structured, engaging and error-free.

***Available to hire in 2026 for manuscript proofreading and copyediting.*** Associate member Australian Institute of Professional Editors and EdANZ. I'm a highly experienced proofreader and copyeditor with integrity, a great work ethic, and fast turnaround times. My clients find me to be thorough, meticulous, friendly, and approachable. I am all human! I don't make use of any AI tools in my work, so your IP is safe in my hands. MY EXPERIENCE Through Upwork and my own business, Dots and Crosses NZ, I've worked with poets, short story writers, and authors in a range of genres (historical, crime thriller, memoir). Some of the published works I have proofread: - Ruled by Fate, Sam Withrow, Amelia Pinkis (fantasy) - High-Rise Blood, G.D Gaherty (crime, mystery) - Malspite: The Witch of the Black Forrest, Kevin Walsh (epic fantasy) - Thomas McMahon's Search for Fame, Max Quanchi (biography) - Max Arena, Jamie Doyle (science fiction) - The Rock Renaissance, Jef Cummings (non-fiction, musical history) - A Certain Time, A Certain Place, Teresa Francis (science fiction, romance, historical fiction) - Dyed & Gone to Heaven, Liz Constable (non-fiction, art) - Holding on by Letting Go, Heather Hutchison (non-fiction, memoir) - The Stars Aren't Ready, Georgia Peterson (fiction, young adult) MY SERVICES Proofreading – this service is for manuscripts at their final stage. I will check for spelling, typos, grammar, and punctuation. Copy editing/line editing – includes comments on the use of tenses, sentence structure, the flow of the copy, and repetitive or redundant language. Fact checking by arrangement. Or, perhaps a combination of both. Let's discuss your individual requirements so that my service is tailored to your needs. I offer a per-word rate for manuscripts. ABOUT ME I'm a native English speaker and have a degree in English literature. I evolved my lifelong love of the written word into a successful proofreading and copy editing agency, Dots and Crosses. I'm based out of Auckland, New Zealand, but I work with clients from London to Melbourne. I'm an expert in operating remotely and pride myself on my fast turnaround times and high level of customer service. I'm adept in UK, Canadian, and US English, (I spent a year living and studying in the US).

I'm a French native speaker based in New Zealand. I offer services in editing French texts—translation editing, copy editing, and proofreading—as well as English-to-French translation. With a background in literature, I work on a variety of projects, from books and novels to other types of documents.

An American author based in New Zealand, I ghostwrite memoir and narrative nonfiction for international clients with ideas that need shaping into compelling books. I also work as an editor with manuscripts at all levels of completion, from developmental edits all the way to final proofreading. My work has been published by Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster; one project was adapted into a Netflix series, and I have a forthcoming science and wellness book with Stanford University Press. I’ve worked with clients ranging from scientists and entrepreneurs to first-time authors, building their ideas into book-length manuscripts that hold a reader’s attention. I can also assist with publishing consultations and book proposals.

I am a writer / copy-editor / proofreader with a background in professional engineering, a talent for written communication, and a desire to help others write well. The versatility of my editing skills is demonstrated by the fact that I have edited over 120 academic documents, 40+ book manuscripts (art and cultural history books, biographies, memoirs, a book on economics, and two novels) for clients including Unicorn Publishing Group (UK), 100+ essays for Quillette, and I provide ongoing editing services to industry newsletters in both the UK and USA. If you need a whitepaper or case study written, I am an avid researcher, an inveterate fact-checker, and an accomplished report writer. If you need blog articles, I can do those, too. If you know what you want to say, but not quite how to say it, let me show you.