Sense/Sensibility Content

I’ve line and copy-edited hundreds of books—here’s a selection. Contact me for editing samples, or to request a custom sample edit.

• The Dispossessed by Szilárd Borbely
• Dictionary Stories: Short Fictions and Other Findings by Jez Burrows – “author and editor LOVED your copyedit of Dictionary Stories, so thank you! The tone of your queries and the degree of the changes you made were right on point”
• The Detective and the Chinese High-Fin by Michael Craven (and production edited his first book)
• Border Crossings: A Journey on the Trans-Siberian Railway by Emma Fick
• How to Be a Patient by Sana Goldberg- author said “the author of How to Be a Patient said your copyediting was “exceptional,” and she’s so grateful for your thorough and helpful work!”; reorgnaized completely and wrote new TOC;
• Sara Berman’s Closet by Maira and Alex Kalman
• The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
• Sari, Not Sari by Sonya Singh
• Anyone by Charles Soule
• Any Man by Amber Tamblyn
• Vivian Maier: The Color Work by Colin Westerbeck
• The Social Sex by Marilyn Yalom- 700-word editorial note with queries on sources, gender/sex/sexuality terms, treatment of LGBTQ+ people
• Hotel Living, Ioannis Pappos – “She did an unbelievable job in fixing ‘n cleaning, double-checking, suggesting; I am beyond impressed, and grateful to her.’”
• Barry Harbaugh: “It is exceedingly thorough and you will want to spend some time with it. I’m very impressed with the work … Julie is judicious and a very good reader.”

I’ve also edited many reports for the Council on Foreign Relations, including:

• The Work Ahead: Machines, Skills, and U.S. Leadership in the Twenty-First Century by Edward Alden and Laura Taylor-Kale
• Countering Sexual Violence in Conflict by Jamille Bigio and Rachel B. Vogelstein
• Women and Terrorism: Hidden Threats, Forgotten Partners by Jamille Bigio and Rachel B. Vogelstein
• Zero Botnets: Building a Global Effort to Clean Up the Internet by Jason Healey and Robert K. Knake

You can also work with me on Reedsy.