My name is Victoria Denne, and I offer a professional proofreading and copyediting service to publishing houses and individuals.
With over a decade of experience working across both fiction and commercial non-fiction, I currently specialise in romance, sci-fi/horror and historical fiction, as well as all sorts of non-fiction genres, including self-improvement, MBS, health and nature. For some specific examples of the titles I’ve worked on, do have a look at my Portfolio.
Before I went freelance seven years ago, I worked in-house in the editorial departments of various publishing houses (inc. Biteback Publishing, 2014-16, and Watkins, 2016-17), so I am very familiar with the editorial process generally and am happy to take in proofs via InDesign should that be required.
My goal as a proofreader/copyeditor is to be thorough, clear and sensitive to an author’s voice, and above all I aim to give 100% to each and every title - I’m well aware how much work goes into them before they reach my desk!
My current client base includes many of the UK's leading publishing houses, and some of these have been kind enough to provide testimonials, which you can read below.
Do get in touch if you think I can help with your next project by emailing me at victoriajdenne@gmail.com.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Testimonials
“Victoria is my go-to copy-editor and proofreader. Not only is she efficient, professional and communicative, but she is also incredibly knowledgeable and versatile as a freelancer across a range of genres and projects – from serious, heavily detailed non-fiction to commercial, brand-author fiction. She always goes above and beyond in her work, always makes every effort to accommodate even the tightest of schedules and always delivers work that is punctual, thorough and trustworthy.”
“Victoria is one of our most trusted freelance editors. I know she will bring sensitivity, experience and good judgement to any project she works on, however complex, and our authors also appreciate the care and attention she gives to their books. Victoria has worked on a variety of titles across our fiction list and is always diligent, thorough and reliable, and we really appreciate her extensive copyediting and proofreading skills.”
“Victoria has proofread a number of novels for Flame Tree Press and copyedited material for us on a wide range of topics in our classics and mythology lists. She is very reliable and her work is thorough and mindful of the authors behind the words. A pleasure to work with!”
“I cannot recommend Victoria highly enough. Her thoroughness and attention to detail while copy editing ‘Ultimate Folly’ was simply remarkable. She has an amazing ‘feel’ for words, and every change she made benefitted my manuscript. I couldn’t have asked for a better editor.”
“I should like to thank Victoria for copyediting the manuscript to professional standards and much more besides.”
“Thank you, Victoria, for working so closely with Dianne and I on the editorial work for ‘The Shadow that Seeks the Sun’. Although we were in two different time zones, it felt like you were always close at hand with your quick responses to all our questions and corrections. You have added your magic to the layout of the book, and your expertise and experience to the finished product. We were lucky to have you at this stage of the project.”
“I have a special thank you for Victoria. Her attention to detail in the final editing and correcting of my manuscript was absolutely brilliant.”