Susan VanHecke Editorial

A selection of my clients and projects, plus resume and writing samples.

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023
Copyediting
“I am always in awe of what copy editors do, and Susan VanHecke is clearly among the best.” —Paul Goldberg, author
 

Riverhead/Penguin Random House, 2023
Copyediting
"Thank you to…everyone else at Riverhead who has continued to support my books there—[including] Susan VanHecke." —Kate Zambreno, author
 

Hachette Books, 2022
Copyediting
“This book has had many ‘authors’ working behind the scenes to bring it from the mind to the page….[including] Susan VanHecke, whose sensitive and diligent copyediting chiseled and honed the text into final shape.” —Kid Congo Powers, author
 

Viking, 2022
Copyediting
“I’m thankful for...Susan VanHecke for her eagle-eyed edits.” —Greg Bluestein, author

Walker/Candlewick, 2023
Copyediting
"Here is a whistle-stop tour of the people whom I couldn’t have completed this series without….Thank you to my copy editors, Susan VanHecke and Maggie Deslaurier." —Caroline O’Donoghue, author

Hachette Books, 2020
Copyediting
"Thanks to copyeditor Susan VanHecke…and everyone else at Hachette for helping to bring this labor of lo—excuse me—dream project to fruition.” —Doug Brod, author

Heartdrum/HarperCollins, 2023
Copyediting 
"If I can have only one topping on a pizza, it’ll be pineapple. To me, it’s foundational. These people are the pineapples to my bookish pizza:….Susan VanHecke…. Thank you so much for what you do for me, for books, for readers!” —Jen Ferguson, author

Candlewick, 2021
Copyediting
“Susan VanHecke and Jackie Houton currycombed the manuscript as copyeditors and nudged me to make sure I had each word right.” —Marc Aronson, author

Penguin Books, 2021
Copyediting
 “I am thankful also to Susan VanHecke.” —Liz Brown, author

Bold Type/Hachette, 2022
Copyediting
“Susan VanHecke and the Hachette production team have been great. They have my gratitude for managing the publishing with great skill and patience.” —Matthew A. Cole, author

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021
Proofreading
“I offer sincere thanks to...Susan VanHecke.” —John Tresch, author

Basic Books, 2020
Copyediting
“During the production of the book, Roger Laurie and Susan VanHecke were expert line and copy editors, respectively, and I thank them both for their meticulous work.” —Paul Betts, author

Penguin, 2019
Copyediting
“Thanks to…Susan VanHecke for the very helpful copy edit.” —Peter Bergen, author

Basic Books, 2020
Copyediting
“We have…hugely benefited from the firm advice and good suggestions of [our editors]…and Susan VanHecke.” 
—Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz and Roger Highfield, coauthors

Penguin Press, 2021
Copyediting
“Susan VanHecke was a superb copy editor and we are most grateful for her care.” —Edward Glaeser and David Cutler, authors

Basic Books, 2019
Copyediting
“In the course of writing [this book], I racked up particular debts to…Susan VanHecke.” —Leah Price, author

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021
Copyediting
“The book benefited in the latter stages from…copyediting by Susan VanHecke.” —Alec MacGillis, author

Running Press, 2018
Copyediting
"I’d also like to thank…[copyeditor] Susan VanHecke…and everyone at Running Press for supporting this book."
—Michelle Morgan, author

Da Capo Press, 2019
Copyediting
“Thanks also to…Susan VanHecke for the sharp copyediting.” —David Browne, coauthor

Candlewick, 2020
Copyediting
“To the amazing Candlewick Press staff and freelancers who have made me appear much smarter than I really am...  [including] Susan VanHecke for copyediting.” —Allan Wolf, author

Basic Books, 2018
Copyediting
“[Copyeditor] Susan VanHecke deserves a special mention for the care with which she rendered UK English intelligible to readers in the US; her attention to detail is phenomenal.” —Caroline Elton, author

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2022
Copyediting
“[Thanks to] Susan VanHecke…for seeing the commas when I did not.”
—Melissa Chadburn, author

Basic Books, 2020
Copyediting
“Thanks to…Susan VanHecke for [her] well-targeted editorial input.”
—Anne Fausto-Sterling, author

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021
Copyediting
“I am thankful to the FSG…production, design, and legal teams…[including] Susan VanHecke.” —Meg Lowman, author

MITeenPress/Candlewick, 2023
Copyediting
“Susan VanHecke['s]...copyedits were careful and detailed and across-the-board stellar.” —Whitney Phillips and Ryan Milner, authors

PublicAffairs, 2022
Proofreading
“I am also grateful to…proofreader Susan VanHecke.” —Lily Geismer, author

Candlewick Press, 2019
Copyediting
"The author would like to thank…[copyeditor] Susan VanHecke." —Emily Arnold McCully, author

Candlewick Press, 2017
Copyediting
"Clapping so hard that my hands sting for…[copyeditor] Susan VanHecke."
—Amy Rose Capetta, author

Hal Leonard, 2003
Cowriting, with Bobby Cochran
Photo research and acquisition
Fact-checking
"Buy this now...a biography that benefits from memory and family lore as well as interviews and research." —Rolling Stone
threestepstoheaven.net

Hal Leonard, 2007
Cowriting, with Tom Wright, foreword by Pete Townshend
Developmental/substantive editing
Fact-checking
"Probably the best book on rock & roll ever published.” —Steve Riggio, CEO, Barnes & Noble Booksellers

St. Martin's Press, 2000
Writing
Photo research and acquisition
"I loved it! I couldn't put it down!" —Brian Setzer, Grammy-winning guitarist
Updated, revised edition available at racewiththedevil.net

HarperCollins, 2009
Cowriting, with Dean Ellis Kohler
Edited foreword by Graham Nash
Fact-checking
rocknrollsoldieramemoir.com

Omnibus UK, 2009
Cowriting, with Tom Wright, foreword by Pete Townshend
Developmental/substantive editing
Fact-checking
"Probably the best book on rock & roll ever published.” —Steve Riggio, CEO, Barnes & Noble Booksellers

Boyds Mills Press, 2011
Writing
Extensive photo research and acquisition
Fact-checking
2012 American Library Association Notable Children's Book
2012 YALSA-ALA Excellence in Young Adult Nonfiction Nominee

Research, writing, copyediting, and photo acquisition for 2013–2022 education guides produced by internationally acclaimed performing arts festival.

Samples here.