Anna and I worked closely for several months during the drafting and editing of her story of female resilience and leadership.

I helped Tim turn an explosive feature article in the Sydney Morning Herald into a fleshed-out chapter outline for this book, which sold at auction before it was completed.

The first book I agented, a phenomenal work of alternate history that went on to win two Aurealis Awards. It was published in Australia and the USA.

Girls at the Piano is a tour through the changing relationship between women and the piano over the course of the instrument’s history, as seen through the lives of the author and her grandmother, worlds and generations apart.

I was delighted to discover Jenny, and then find her a publisher for this warm, haunting novel set in Melbourne and a small mountain village in Turkey.

Maryanne has a large following on Instagram and Etsy for her beautiful modern works of woven art. I was delighted to advise Maryanne on her agreement with a big US publisher.

Dog behaviourist Guy Hull contacted me after stumbling upon my website, to see if I thought his book idea about the socio-economic history of dogs in Australia had any ‘legs’. After working together on a chapter outline and proposal, HarperCollins acquired the book, which became a bestseller in Australia.

Fiona was a nonfiction client when she sent me the draft of a novel she’d written. My job was to help Fiona maximise its appeal to prospective publishers through editorial feedback. The Mothers’ Group went to auction and was a bestseller in Australia and Europe.

After her beloved husband’s death from cancer after 11 months of marriage, the young widow addresses the chronic rising damp problem in the house they had shared. The book traces the parallels between the house and the young widow having to ‘dry’ from the inside out.

Structural edit for the publisher, Allen & Unwin

I was Fiona’s agent for her follow-up to the bestselling The Mothers’ Group.

I edited three drafts of this novel as the author developed it.

I provided a detailed report on a draft of the manuscript.

I helped the author shape a publishable book-length work from a diary she kept of her not-for-profit work in Afghanistan.

Reviewing and advising on aspects of the author’s offer from her publisher, Norton

Structural edit for the publisher, Simon & Schuster

Structural edit on the bestselling debut author’s second novel for the publisher, Simon & Schuster

Structural edit for the publisher, Simon & Schuster

I provided encouragement and some editorial notes, and found Jamie an Australian publisher for this spectacular book about transgender surfer Westerly Windina.

Brad came to me with a great idea and a rough ms. With some editorial tough love I got him a book deal on a partial manuscript.

After working with the author on story structure and a chapter outline, I was able to find her a publisher based on a partial manuscript.

The first book of Lily’s I edited, a collection of personal essays.

I edited this folllow-up novel to Ashley’s international bestseller The Railwayman’s Wife for Allen & Unwin

I interviewed the artist to create a first-person introductory essay to this volume, published by Macmillan, which also featured art historian Dore Ashton’s reviews of his work, which I edited.

Structural report and developmental editing on my client’s memoir-in-progress