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Sarah de Souza
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I edit books. Formerly at Hachette UK and Atlantic. Freelancer for Penguin UK, 404 Ink and Indie Novella.

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Hi writers! I'm a fiction book editor with 7+ years' experience working at some of the UK's biggest publishers, including Hachette. www.sarahdesouza.org

I can help you find the shape your novel is meant to take, navigate the strange world of publishing & more - dm to book a free consultation 💌
Sarah de Souza | Freelance Fiction Editor for Authors
Work with an experienced fiction editor to shape your novel for success. Developmental editing, manuscript feedback & more from a UK publishing professional.
www.sarahdesouza.org
adored this by @tonydomestico.bsky.social on Kathryn Davis. i bought THE GIRL WHO TROD ON A LOAF off the title alone and love ensued - exuberance of voice, legerdermain, a luxuriance in language for its own sake. oh, and her marie antoinette book owns the Sofia Coppola film imho tinyurl.com/pva5jm8k
Deep, Deep Time: On the “Cosmic Realism” of Kathryn Davis
In a 2007 review of Annie Dillard’s novel The Maytrees, Marilynne Robinson marveled at the temporal expansiveness of Dillard’s imaginative vision: Dillard has always been fascinated by time—b…
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May 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Find it deeply relatable that Ali Smith needed psychotherapy and 'cranio-sacral stuff' to cope with the humiliation of having miswritten Katharine Mansfield's name in a book introduction
May 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hi writers! I'm a fiction book editor with 7+ years' experience working at some of the UK's biggest publishers, including Hachette. www.sarahdesouza.org

I can help you find the shape your novel is meant to take, navigate the strange world of publishing & more - dm to book a free consultation 💌
Sarah de Souza | Freelance Fiction Editor for Authors
Work with an experienced fiction editor to shape your novel for success. Developmental editing, manuscript feedback & more from a UK publishing professional.
www.sarahdesouza.org
May 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM