I’m a skilled editor and proofreader with 17 years of professional experience in editing, publishing, and project management. I held in-house editorial and management roles at Penguin Random House South Africa for nearly a decade, and I’ve worked as a freelance editor for authors, businesses, Big Five publishers, and independent presses worldwide. I specialize in editing fiction and trade nonfiction (see What I Edit).

I have a Master’s degree in English and certificates in advanced editing and proofreading, publishing finance, project management, and content management and strategy. With proficiency in South African English, American English, and British English, I have expertise in working with international authors and non-native speakers of English. I am an active member of the Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA) and the Publishing Professionals Network (PPN). There's nothing I love more than helping writers shape and perfect their prose (see My Approach).​

In my spare time, I enjoy being with my family, hiking in the mountains of Vermont, running along the Connecticut shoreline, or—of course—reading. I particularly enjoy memoirs, essay collections, psychological thrillers, and historical fiction.

I hail from Cape Town, South Africa, and lived, studied, and worked in Canada and the UK before settling in Guilford, Connecticut, in the USA.