I am an editor with over 20 years of experience working for academic and commercial presses. I have worked as an in-house managing editor for academic journals at a university press; a developmental and project editor for commercial publishers; and a freelance substantive editor and writer producing on content for the academic market. A major part of my work for the last decade has involved researching, compiling, writing articles for, and editing volumes for the Literature Criticism Series at Gale Cengage (formerly Thomson Publishing) and producing books on social science and law for Greenhaven Press. 

I made the decision last year to complete my PhD in Philosophy at the University of Washington (I am at the dissertation-writing stage, working in the areas of Ethics and Philosophy of Literature), and I am trying to cut down on writings projects (I have found that writing for work makes it difficult to do my own writing) and take on more editing.

I have extensive experience as both a substantive editor and a copy editor. I have an excellent command of language and am familiar with APA, Chicago, MLA, Gregg, and other styles. I am Malaysian of Sri Lankan descent and grew up in Australia, Hong Kong, India, and the UK, so I have experience with ESL writers and speakers as well as with British English.

I am looking for part-time work at the moment, as I have several other clients for whom I do developmental and substantive editing and I need time as well to devote to my own writing.