Dr Anna Clark | STEM Editor
Scotland
- Website
- https://clarkeditorial.co.uk/
- Organisation
- Clark Editorial
- Job title
- Copyeditor, proofreader, project manager, sensitivity reader
- Membership Grade
- Advanced Professional Member
About Anna
I started my career as a research scientist but quickly became aware that I was more interested in the effective and enthusiastic communication of established scientific ideas. Schoolbook publishing was a natural next step.
I cut my editorial teeth as a desk editor and development editor on school science books at Longman Educational. I learnt my trade just as paper galleys sank and digital publishing surfaced, making books that were really pushing the boundaries. We studied under an old-school editorial manager and attended courses at Bookhouse, later the Publishing Training Centre. I got a break commissioning in Further Education for Hodder Educational, which included managing my own desk editor.
A lifestyle decision led me from Euston Road to rural Scotland and freelancing. Nearly 30 years on and hundreds of edits later, I still enjoy helping authors to craft their writing and publishers to shape their books. Lately, I've discovered a new avenue in sensitivity reading - evaluating the portrayal of Scottish culture, science and birth in fiction.
Services
- Project management
- Syllabus analysis
- Commissioning
- Development editing
- Copyediting, artwork briefing and picture selection
- Answer checking
- Proofreading
- Sensitivity reading - Scottish culture, science and birth story lines in fiction
Media
- School textbooks for domestic and internal markets
- Home learning and revision textbooks
- Highly illustrated four-colour books
- Teacher materials and worksheet templates
- Online interactive materials
Qualifications
- PhD Molecular Biology, University of Cambridge
- BSc 2(i) Biological Sciences (Genetics), University of Leicester
Career
- Freelance (1998-present)
- Commissioning Editor at Hodder and Stoughton Educational (1995–1998)
- Desk Editor and Development Editor at Longman Schools (1993–1995)
Professional development
- Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (2021)
- Recent courses include CIEP's Word for Practical Editing, Basic macros with Paul Beverly and Stephen Cashmore, XML templates with Hodder Education
Clients
- HarperCollins, Hodder Educational, John Catt, Pearson, City & Guilds, York Press, BrightRed, Haremi, Heinemann, Macmillan, Cambridge University Press, Leckie & Leckie, Letts, BBC Bitesize
Subjects
From Primary to A Level Equivalent
- Science, Biology, Physics, Chemistry
From Primary to GCSE Equivalent
- Maths
- Geography
- Technology
- Art and Design
FE Vocational Subjects
- Early years
- Teacher education
- Health and social care
- Sports science
- Engineering
- Agricultural Science
- Business
- Psychology
Sensitivity Reading in Fiction
- Scottish culture (I work part-time as a tour guide)
- Science (I worked in a lab for five years and have been editing science textbooks since forever)
- Birth (I volunteer as a birth doula, supporting women at this special time)
Testimonials
‘I just want to say you’ve been amazing on this project and I really can’t imagine how it could have been completed so successfully without you. Thank you so much for your efforts.’
James Orr, Publisher – Custom, Caribbean and International Curriculum (Dec, 2020)
‘Congratulations on making the deadline for the book! For my part I would just like to say how much I appreciated your highly efficient, eagle-eyed and intelligent input to the revision process. You made the whole exercise a hassle-free pleasure.’
Peter Cann, author of Cambridge International A/AS Level Chemistry 2nd ed, (March, 2020)
'Thank you so much for the answer check you did on this book. It’s so useful to have someone who knows what they’re talking about to check the proofs and the answers!’
Megan Blee, Editor, Hodder Education (Oct, 2020)
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