My name is Amy Medeiros, and I am an editor with several years’ experience working on trade books. I currently work as a production editor for Simon & Schuster, and I occasionally accept freelance production editing, copyediting, and proofreading projects. I’ll read just about anything, but I have a particular penchant for nonfiction books about social change, feminism and gender, any and all theory, cooking, and the body. My highest professional fulfillment comes from helping authors translate complex and sophisticated ideas at the line level for general readers. My editing style is flexible and author focused.

Titles I’ve worked on include Franchise by Marcia Chatelain, which won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for History; The Overstory by Richard Powers, which won the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom, which won the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction; Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments by Saidiya Hartman; Afropessimism by Frank B. Wilderson III; Deep Creek by Pam Houston; Ripe Figs by Yasmin Khan; At the Chinese Table by Carolyn Phillips; books of poetry by Stephen Dunn, Joy Harjo, Kim Addonizio, and Matthew Dickman; and collections and reissues of work by Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, Jean Rhys, Alain Robbe-Grillet, and Bharati Mukherjee.

For a more technical overview of my experience, I encourage you to view my résumé. As a book-loving person, I'm always looking for someone to discuss the latest, greatest reads with. I'm happy to talk business, books, or both—feel free to send me an email or add me on Goodreads.