About Me
I’m Caroline and I live in Buckinghamshire with my husband and our two small children. After 18 years working within major publishing houses, I’m now a freelance editor and I love completely focusing on the books in front of me. My day is now deliciously free of meetings and instead full of words. I’ve recently freelanced for two major publishing imprints and also take on individual projects directly from authors.
Commercial fiction is my passion: novels you read on your holiday, on your commute, over the Christmas break. The books you reach for any time that you want to escape, unwind and be entertained. I don’t believe in guilty pleasures when it comes to books – there’s no shame in reading what you love. I happen to love women’s fiction, book club books and historical fiction.
Outside of my professional passions, I am a fanatical sewist and knitter, I know all the words to the Hamilton soundtrack and am very skilled with an IKEA flatpack.
My Career History
200o-2002 BA Hons 2:1 English Literature, Cardiff University
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2003 – 2011 Little, Brown Book Group. Joining as Editorial Assistant, leaving as Senior Editor. I worked with authors including Dorothy Koomson, Louise Candlish, Bernadette Strachan and Ali McNamara. Originated the idea for The Vintage Tea Cup Club.
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2011-2013 Avon, HarperCollins. I worked as a Commissioning Editor, working on a wide range of commercial fiction– publishing Sunday Times bestseller Trisha Ashley, as well as Liz Trenow and Jacqui Rose, and many others.
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2013-2021 Macmillan Publishers. Joining as Senior Editor, leaving as Editorial Director for Women’s Fiction. I published Sunday Times and international bestsellers Karen Swan and Lucy Diamond, plus I was a core member of the team behind the phenomenal Lucinda Riley. I also published successful authors Tracy Rees (The Rose Garden), Rachael Lucas (The Telephone Box Library), Liz Trenow (The Dressmaker of Draper’s Lane) and saga author Elaine Everest (The Woolworths Girls), and developed several original IP novels that went on to publication.