Suzanne Arnold

Advanced Professional Member
Location London/Surrey
Email [email protected]
Website https://www.suzannearnold.com
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Skills

  • Copy-editing
  • Proofreading
  • Editing non-native English
  • Website editing
  • Reducing word count

Media

  • Illustrated books
  • Magazines
  • Multi-author books
  • Books
  • Company Literature
  • Online materials
  • Websites/blogs

Experience

Freelance since 2004
(Current clients include businesses, such as Skerryvore Asset Management, self-publishing authors, Taylor & Francis, Boydell & Brewer, Amber Books and Thomson Reuters Sweet & Maxwell)

Editorial and social media manager, KPMG, 2011–2022

Senior editorial and design executive, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2007–11

Senior editor, Mitchell Beazley, Octopus Publishing Group, 2005–07

Subjects

History/archaeology especially ancient Egypt/Egyptology

Motorsport – especially Formula 1/F1

General non-fiction

English literature

Accounting for a business audience

Law for a business audience

Qualifications

BA in English

Diploma in Egyptology

Specialised software

InDesign

Vellum

Testimonials

‘The authors asked me to pass on their thanks for your thorough job. We all are very reassured knowing it has been looked through in detail!’

Francesca Morosini, Head of Communications
What Works for Early Intervention & Children's Social Care, 2023

‘Thank you for being such an excellent and kind-hearted editor!! I was buried in this book and you helped bring me back out into the light of day again (that thing that writers often forget).’

B.L. Molyneaux, author, 2022

‘Suzanne Arnold, who edited the manuscript, is extraordinary.’

Ian J. Bickerton and Carla L. Klausner, authors, in their acknowledgements, A History of the Arab–Israeli Conflict, 2022

'Thank you very much for the huge amount of work you have done. You have been calm, courteous and methodical throughout. It has been an absolute pleasure working with you and I hope to work with you again at some stage in the future.'

Clive Holmwood PhD, author, Dramatherapist and Arts Education Consultant, 2021

'Thank you for doing such a grand job. You’ve been quick, efficient and very professional. A real pleasure to work with.'

Paul Kinder, Palawan Press, 2021

'What a star! Suzanne’s amazingly detailed corrections made a real difference to the ease of doing the project and without doubt greatly improved the quality of the book. How marvellous to work with somebody who does exactly what is required and always hits her deadlines.'

Dick Stroud, independent author 

'Suzanne is exactly what you want in an editor: someone who has an eye for detail, without letting that outweigh overall flow and common sense. She finds solutions to wording and layout issues rather than pointing out problems. Her client management skills are excellent – she strikes up an easy rapport, with intelligent and engaging conversation, whilst ensuring the job gets done. This enables her to gently guide people towards the best solution.'

Stuart Lennon (we worked together at Freshfields)

'Suzanne has edited several books for Haynes, including a high-profile one we published with Sir Stirling Moss, and she has been competent and professional in every way.'

Mark Hughes (2012)