Looking for an expert editor for your manuscript? I have twenty-five years of experience editing award-winning fiction and non-fiction. Let’s talk.

“You sit down and you do it, and you do it, and you do it, until you have learned to do it.”

—Ursula K. Le Guin on writing

Editing is a conversation

Editing and publishing fiction and non-fiction has been my driving passion for more than two decades, combining my love of shaping stories with my skill at building the intimate relationships at the heart of the editorial and creative process.

I have substantively edited hundreds of works of literary fiction, memoir, commercial fiction, young adult fiction, and narrative non-fiction, including titles that have won the Giller Prize and been nominated for Canada Reads, the GG, and more. As a freelance editor, I work directly with authors, as well as with publisher clients. I work primarily by referral through publishing professionals, such as literary agents, published authors, or fellow editors.

Editing is a conversation. Contact me to get started.

  • “Jane Warren is a wonderful editor. The books of mine that she worked on were made infinitely better by her ideas and insights. She has a natural ability to hone in on what an author means to say, and to figure out the best possible way for the author to say it.”

    —Helen Humphreys, author of The Evening Chorus

  • “Jane Warren is the best editor I know. Part of what makes her approach so special is that she’s genuinely interested in stepping into a work and helping it become more the author’s own. She doesn’t insist on her own rules or prescriptions—an unusual gift among editors, not to mention people in general. I can’t recommend her highly enough as a sensitive reader and expert guide through the publishing landscape.”

    —Damian Tarnopolsky, author of Every Night I Dream I’m a Monk, Every Night I Dream I’m a Monster

  • “Revising and rewriting is hard work, but it felt easy with Jane. She’s extremely insightful, knowledgeable, and generous. Ultimately, she made my manuscript a better story, and me a better writer. I highly recommend her, and I plan to work with her again on my next project.”

    —Tara Gereaux, author of Saltus

  • "Working with Jane Warren has been the most rewarding experience in my professional life. She has a most delicate means of nudging you toward your best writing self, understanding intuitively how to point you in the right direction without handing you the map—preferring to bequeath the greater gift of ensuring that the joy and the journey of writing are yours. A pen may be a one-person tool, but working with Jane means I’m never writing alone.”

    —John Foden, author of Magenta