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By Tilly Fry and illustrated by Polyana Kohn. Published 2025. My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/1754809395639-2OAQNPVIRI5I8W0NYGSM/the%2Bdevil%2527s%2Bward.png What I do The Devil's Ward by Dharshaini G. Published 2025. My role: Copy editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/a562aa80-4fcc-4aeb-86de-9ed232aa1fdf/groundwork.png What I do Groundwork: Laying the foundation for Career Success. A Guide for Teens by Elizabeth Wallace. Published 2025. My role: Structural editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/03769551-03d3-4867-b5a6-f6c69bc63419/Only+the+Lonely.jpg What I do Only the Lonely by Gráinne McGovern-Scott. Published 2025. My role: Line editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/6c5e501f-4b28-41b0-8aed-2d0c41ee6c10/the+lastling.jpg What I do The Lastling by Victor Kelleher. Published 2025 by Christmas Press (Eagle Books imprint). My role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/80dbfdba-c174-41f9-bb40-ebc832e6ee29/Marion+Semtner+Tilly+1.jpg What I do Tilly and the Moonlit Garden by Marion Semtner. Published 2025. My role: Editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/0ddbf092-f716-48ee-92c4-52293e905561/0346%2BPauline%2BWilson%2BFamily%2B%26%2BFortune%2Bbook%2Bcover%2BFINAL%2BEBOOK%2BRGB.jpg What I do Family & Fortune by Pauline Wilson. Published 2025. My role: Copy editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/88f05b05-498b-44f9-84f2-b4610d3285a1/eleanor.jpg What I do Eleanor Jones is Not a Murderer by Amy Doak published by Penguin 2023. My role: Editor of manuscript before acquisition by Penguin, and proofreader of typeset pre-press proofs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/b4aafa57-b064-48b3-9574-19ace9f47166/the+guinea+dad+new.jpg What I do The Guinea Dad by Mark Stevenson. Published 2023. My role: Manuscript assessment and mentoring. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/2d5264fe-fda3-40b5-a8af-e718eab74193/The+Adventures+of+Herbert+Moosh+Book+1+The+cats+of+the+Link.jpg What I do The Adventures of Herbert Moosh, Book One: The Cats of the Link. Published 2024. My role: Line editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/6c58bdb8-f9ab-4ae9-bed3-cf1115eba91b/23-0301%2BPauline%2BWilson%2BBreaking%2BFree%2B5x8_%2Bbook%2Bcover%2BFINAL%2BRGB.jpg What I do Breaking Free by Pauline Wilson. Published 2023. My role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/06e0384f-1b13-4865-95ad-bbe2bb77cb7c/Child+in+my+life+Valerie+Church.png What I do Child In My Life by Valerie Church. Published 2024. My role: Copy editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/48ea0cf7-9854-4c28-9d4c-3e6eadf17855/in+lily%27s+books.jpg What I do In Lily's Books by Anne Whorlton. Published 2023. My role: Line editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/9532c4f0-bc44-4e5b-90a4-efafcb898978/Montessori+Brains+Spanish.jpg What I do Montessori Brains (My Brain Only Gets Built Once) by Nati Beltran and Pilar Enrich - My role: Manuscript assessment and writing mentoring for English Language version. Published in Spanish in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/cb54d5bf-ea77-49e1-8258-73fdcde6d8b4/Latrobe+150.png What I do Memories & Milestones Tertiary Education in Bendigo 1873-2023. Published by La Trobe University Library, 2023. My role: Copy editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/0442e4ad-9e15-4aaf-a3a4-a22e6ecc394a/Thyla+by+Kate+Gordon.jpg What I do Thyla by Kate Gordon, young adult novel, first published 2011. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/0d6847de-e374-4708-80d9-6387287f10e0/40+single+gay+cover.jpg What I do 40 Single Gay by Jonathon Lee Published 2023. My role: Copy editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/c081c35c-1b0f-4533-b210-ca7b8d8c27bd/dragon+dance.jpg What I do Dragon Dance by Lauren Mitchell, Illustrated by Geoff Hocking. Published 2023. My role: Grammar consultant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/cf140235-7186-4b4d-b716-c23bbf2ece5e/john+parnham+cover+hide+and+seek.jpg What I do Hide and Seek, Ellham Woods Trilogy Book 2, by John Parnham. Published 2023. My role: Copy editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/a4a9b6fd-7436-476d-b290-36e489645629/finns+folly+IS.jpg What I do Finn’s Folly by Ivan Southall, young adult novel, first published 1969. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/db032a02-0799-4686-b434-937ff0a4fc52/sticky+situation+juno+harvey.png What I do Mulbury Mystery #1, A Sticky Situation by Juno Harvey. Published 2021. My role: Proofreader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/d05e031a-2a72-4ede-80aa-676df508cc5c/Bread+and+Honey+Ivan+Southall.jpg What I do Bread and Honey by Ivan Southall, young adult novel, first published 1969. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/a47d6754-1db5-4bde-b0a1-a885d5dca0e5/Tupaia+Isaac+and+Cook+The+Search+for+The+Great+South+Land+by+Mark+Wilson+and+Windy+Hollow+Books+2021.jpg What I do Tupaia, Isaac & Cook – The Search for The Great South Land by Mark Wilson. Published by Windy Hollow Books, 2021. My role: Proofreader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/d36c14fc-b6bb-4930-84f8-2cb5b3bab576/Children+of+the+valley+1+JF.jpg What I do The Music from the Sea by Jackie French, young adult fantasy. First published 1993. Published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/3503b00a-ce88-4d44-80a2-87683c7ec632/22-0231%2BPauline%2BWilson%2BConflict%2Bat%2BHanging%2BRock%2B5x8_%2Bbook%2Bfront%2Bcover%2BFINAL%2BCMYK.jpg What I do Conflict at Hanging Rock by Pauline Wilson. Published 2022. My role: Editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/779655fe-41aa-4be5-9ef4-e157f8946c48/The+Metal+Men.jpg What I do The Metal Men by Jackie French, young adult fantasy novel, first published 1993. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/17270c09-bd09-420b-8ab7-9806db5305bf/The+House+of+a+Hundred+Animals.jpg What I do The House of a Hundred Animals by Jackie French, young adult fantasy novel, first published 1993. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/0e9332f8-803d-4584-ba95-b860e9efb8ff/cover+image.png What I do the future is fair - a celebration of Fairtrade and the Pacific. Published 2022. My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/b4efc928-967a-455d-9d43-31706adb4093/the+tribe+who+sang+to+trees+Jackie+French.jpg What I do The Tribe That Sang to Trees by Jackie French, young adult fantasy novel, first published 1993. Re-published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/59c4650c-587a-400c-96c5-48cc3e0a4b2a/the+army%27s+daughter+meg+barber.jpg What I do The Army's Daughter by Meg Barber. Published 2023. My role: Manuscript assessor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/5f8cc783-81c6-43fd-a2d7-3693d67d4443/clearlake+cover.png What I do Clearlake by Stanislava Buevich Published Dec 2023 My role: Copy editor https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/d447008c-cd8c-425c-8633-d708b883983d/The+City+in+the+Sand.jpg What I do The City in the Sand by Jackie French, young adult fantasy. First published 1993. Published in 2022 by Ligature (untapped series). My role: Proofreader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/93a3db34-74b7-48a8-8fb3-981ce7f3a7a6/who+wants+love.jpg What I do Who Wants Love? by Ash Phoenix. Published 2023. My role: Line editor and developmental editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/73d5911d-b868-491d-a61c-241d6cee7eb6/listing+life+amy+doak.jpg What I do Listing Life: Easy list-making to discover who you really are, what you truly want from life & how to get it by Amy Doak. My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/ba209b14-10c0-4f9f-9f1e-e14a77e40931/running-forever-3.jpg What I do Running Forever. By C A Sole. Published 2023. My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/07cbe4e8-5529-44a9-b552-a01e52d837ad/Wholebrain+Learning+3+Book+Educational+resource.png What I do Wholebrain Learning Resources 3 Book Set. My role: Copy editor of manuscript and proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/19082a03-58c7-4905-a5d4-36a60e6a9530/mybucketlistblueprint.jpeg What I do My Bucketlist Blueprint by Travis Bell. Published in 2020. My role: Developmental and copy editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/218598e6-d61b-44ce-a620-0d207353d19e/Vox+Bendigo+Books+2016-2021.jpg What I do The Vox Bendigo Book Young Writers Anthology 2016-2021 published by Bendigo Writers Festival. My role: Commissioning editor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/bd9ed10a-0663-41c3-a0d6-f5f9d927755e/nursing+aids+at+war.jpg What I do Nursing Aids at War: The Australian Army Medical Women's Service in the Second World War (Australian Army History Series) by Jason Smeaton. Cambridge University Press. 2026. My role: Proofreader. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5fdc3430e66f745e27282187/c0a9ba5b-6444-47a8-87a2-94e0ce3d37b2/9781761350641.jpg What I do What Have They Done to Liza McLean? By Amy Doak. Published 2025. 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