Penny Harper

Testimonials

“Thanks again for all your hard work on this title. It was certainly a monster edit but I think you handled it well.”

Rob Wilkinson at Newgen Publishing UK Ltd

"You are a star Penny! Thank you sooo much." 

Kelly Alderson at Wearset

“I’ve just finished working through the proofs for this title and wanted to thank you for such an excellent and consistent editing job. There’s very little to be addressed on proof and consequently production is running extremely smoothly. Many thanks again for a great edit.”

Jo Bottrill at Newgen Publishing UK Ltd

“I just wanted to let you know that I have been in touch with the author this morning, and he says ‘I would also like to let you know that your colleague worked very hard and the copy-editing work is done at an excellent level.’ This is fantastic to hear, thank you for all your efforts.”

Alison at Newgen Publishing UK Ltd

“Thanks so much for your work on this project, we also really appreciate you getting it back to us early.”

Sarah Green at Newgen Publishing UK Ltd

“I would like to thank you for your work on this. You have done a wonderful job and your work has helped to greatly improve the manuscript. I am extremely grateful to you and I will inform Routledge as well regarding how pleased I am with your work.”

Philip McCann, The UK Regional–National Economic Problem: Geography, Globalisation and Governance (Routledge, 2016)

“I would like you to know that I have enjoyed working with you. You are good at your job and not just in a technical sense but in a human relations/communication skills way too. Thank you for both.” 

Paul Wilkins, Person-Centred Therapy (Routledge, 2015)

"First, let me say that I like working with you. You are perceptive, prompt, and pleasant in email correspondence. I have been very impressed with your skill and attention to detail. My manuscript is in capable hands."

Kenneth Janda, A Tale of Two Parties (Routledge, 2020)

"Nishizwa-san commented on the quality of your copy editing, and my reaction was also that you were someone I would be delighted to have again as a copy editor. I was not so lucky with my last book. It is a task I would not be good at because I could never strike the balance that you achieved between leaving things alone and rewriting completely. So please be assured that we have very much appreciated your work."

Roger Backhouse, Welfare Theory, Public Action, and Ethical Values (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

"I want to say this is the best editorial process I have experienced and that you are the best editor I have ever been assigned. CUP and you deserve the highest praise. I wish this were my/our beginning book not the last. Then earlier books would have been considerably better. Mike too joins me in giving thanks and wishing you better writers – at least one – in the future."

Doug Simpson, Ethical Dilemmas in Schools by Doug Simpson and Mike Sacken (Cambridge University Press, 2020)

"Thanks, Penny - definitely the most thorough copyeditor I have ever had. As an author/editor of many books, I have quite often become furious at some copyeditors' seemingly random comments, but yours have been by far the best I have ever come across. Can't thank you enough. CUP are lucky to have you working for them."

Stephen Trudgill, Why Conserve Nature? (Cambridge University Press, 2021)

"You found two errors that further convince me you are the best copyeditor in publishing!" 

R. Keith Sawyer, The Cambridge Handbook of the Learning Sciences (3rd edition, Cambridge University Press, 2021)

"I cannot tell you how much I appreciate all of your comments and corrections. You are greatly improving the manuscript and I am so very grateful."

Peter Ahrensdorf, Homer and the Tradition of Political Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, March 2022