I work with indie authors and publishers to help them produce polished manuscripts that keep readers riveted. Several books I’ve edited have been finalists or longlisted for the Pulitzer Prize for fiction and the National Book Award for translated literature. Others have been awarded prizes from the Independent Publishers of New England, Nautilus Book Awards, and others. The titles listed here comprise a selection of the books I’ve worked on as a copyeditor, line editor, or proofreader since 2014.
literary fiction
In the Distance (Coffee House Press)
Hernán Díaz
2018 Pulitzer Prize Finalist and 2018 PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
Flight Risk and
One Brilliant Flame (Lake Union)
Joy Castro
Butterfly Dreams and
Margaux and the Vicious Circle (Aristata Press)
Anne McClard
Charani’s Gift (Blue Bin Press)
Robert Nolin
2023 Independent Publisher’s of New England Genre Fiction Winner
Stephen Florida (Coffee House Press)
Gabe Habash
Half Notes from Berlin (Glide Media)
B. V. Glants
True (Little A)
Karl Taro Greenfeld
Samuel Johnson’s Eternal Return (Coffee House Press)
Martin Riker
Unexpected Fortune (self-published)
E. Adrian Dzahn
Once Upon a Time a Sparrow (Open Wings Press)
Mary Kabrich
2017 Nautilus Silver Winner, 2017 Best Book Awards Finalist, 2018 Reader Views Reviewer’s Choice Award
cookbooks
Cannelle et Vanille Bakes Simple (Sasquatch Books)
Aran Goyoaga
Pacific Harvest: A Northwest Coast Foraging Guide (forthcoming from Mountaineers Books)
Jennifer Hahn
Sicily, My Sweet (Hardie Grant)
Victoria Granof
Open Sesame (Sasquatch Books)
Rachel Belle
The Salmon Sisters: Harvest & Heritage (Sasquatch Books)
Emma Teal Laukitis and Claire Neaton
Around Our Table (Hardie Grant)
Sara Forte
Forage. Gather. Feast. (Sasquatch Books)
Maria Finn
Eat Like a Girl (Hay House)
Dr. Mindy Pelz
Everyday Cake (Sasquatch Books)
Polina Chesnakova
Shellfish (Sasquatch Books)
Cynthia Nims
I Heart Soul Food (Sasquatch Books)
Rosie Mayes
Cast Iron Skillet One-Pan Meals and
A Hearty Book of Veggie Sandwiches and
Easy Beans (Sasquatch Books)
Jackie Freeman
Sourdough on the Rise (Sasquatch Books)
Cynthia Lair
Modernist Bread: The Art and Science (The Cooking Lab)
Nathan Myhrvold and Francisco Migoya
novels in translation
Jawbone (Coffee House Press)
Mónica Ojeda
translated by Sarah Booker
Longlisted for the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature
The Devil of the Provinces (Coffee House Press)
Juan Cárdenas
translated by Lizzie Davis
Longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Translated Literature
Nefando (Coffee House Press)
Mónica Ojeda
translated by Sarah Booker
Your Story, My Story (Amazon Crossing)
Connie Palmen
translated by Eileen J. Stevens and Anna Asbury
Longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award
The Wedding Party (Amazon Crossing)
Liu Xinwu
translated by Jeremy Tiang
The Sorrow of Miles Franklin beneath Kajmakčalan (Cadmus Press)
Ivan Čapovski
translated by Paul Filev
Mona in Three Acts (Amazon Crossing)
Griet op de Beeck
translated by Michele Hutchison
In Your Hands and
Still I Miss You (Amazon Crossing)
Inês Pedrosa
translated by Andrea Rosenberg
The Birdwoman’s Palate (Amazon Crossing)
Laksmi Pamuntjak
translated by Tiffany Tsao
The Unbroken Line of the Moon and
Estrid (Amazon Crossing)
Johanne Hildebrandt
translated by Tara F. Chace
Assorted Nonfiction
The Wanderer: An Alaska Wolf’s Final Journey (Mountaineers Books)
Tom Walker
2024 Nautilus Book Silver Award Winner in Animals and Nature
Bard, Kinetic (Coffee House Press)
Anne Waldman
Douglas Fir: The Story of the West's Most Remarkable Tree (Mountaineers Books)
Carl Fiedler and Stephen Arno
Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest and Edible Plants of the Pacific Northwest (forthcoming from Mountaineers Books)
Natalie Hammerquist
Home Base Hiking Europe (Mountaineers Books)
Cassandra Overby
When Eternities Met: A True Story of Terror, Mutiny, Loss, and Love in a Disremembered Second World War (Pencil and Barn)
Matt Rohde
Hike the Parks: Redwood National & State Parks (Mountaineers Books)
John Soares
Hike the Parks: Joshua Tree and
Hike the Parks: Sequoia and Kings Canyon (Mountaineers Books)
Scott Turner
“Outstanding, and I have worked with a helluva a lot of editors, probably none better.”
“You seem to have just the right touch—you make numerous comments and suggestions where needed, but you don’t go too far, so that we [the co-authors] still feel the book reflects our writing.”
“Erin edited my first book, Medicinal Plants of the Pacific Northwest, and I am now working with her on my second book as well. The depth, organization, and clarity of Erin’s work makes me feel incredibly grateful to be working with her for a second time.
She is gifted at seeing the big picture and mission of the project and helping the project fulfill those promises. She is also not afraid to pull up her sleeves and really get into the nitty-gritty details. For example, she cross-referenced all the harvest dates provided throughout my books with a harvest calendar I created and found a number of inconsistencies that I hadn’t noticed, correcting each one and consulting me for accuracy. She also dug into my recipes with fruitful insights that made the recipes much clearer to readers.
After working with her so extensively, I have a lot of trust in her judgment, her ability to communicate, and her thoroughness. I highly recommend her to anyone, and hope I get to work with her on future projects!”
“Erin did a fantastic job copyediting my most recent hiking guidebook. Not only did she catch several factual errors, but she also reworked the book organization so that the whole work flows better. Of course, she corrected all my punctuation and grammar errors—and she made suggestions for wording changes that made the book read better. I highly recommend Erin!”
“I initially hired Erin to proofread my manuscript, which had previously been vetted by beta readers and copyedited, so I was astonished with how many line items she keyed into that so many others had missed. Erin’s careful, skillful work on my manuscript has given me the confidence to move toward publication. I’m very grateful.”
