Rachel works as a program assistant in the labor and communications departments
at the Oregon Nurses Association union.
Before that, she worked for three years as the editorial production coordinator
at the Infusion Nurses Society. Before that, she held three positions in the publishing industry:
managing editor/editor of Ruminate Magazine, project editor at Perseus Books Group,
and editorial and production assistant at West Virginia University Press.
Rachel’s freelance business is called Perpetua Editing.
She has copyedited for West Virginia University Press, Melville House,
Catapult/Counterpoint/Soft Skull, Perseus Books Group, and for independent authors
on Reedsy. Below are testimonials and a few books she has copyedited.
If you would like a complete list of the books she has copyedited (over fifty),
please contact her at king.rachelsuzanne [at] gmail [dot] com.
Testimonials
“I have published nineteen full-length books of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, and there’s no question that I would rank Rachel King’s editing of my short story collection The Proper Words for Sin among the very best I have received. . . . She was careful and thorough but also an editor who listened when I made a case for retaining language and syntax.”
—Gary Fincke
“I was fortunate to have Rachel King as the editor of my fourth novel, Centerville. The book received, by far, the best copyediting and line notes of any of my books. Her attention to detail was unsurpassed. In addition, she had a thoughtful and accurate grasp of the larger intentions of the novel, and that grasp informed each of her smaller suggestions and notes, so that the result was a tighter, leaner, more powerful, and more focused manuscript.”
—Karen Osborn
“As the author of several books, I’ve had professional contact with a number of editors. Rachel King is finest among them. My photographer friends say that a particular photographer has an ‘eye,’ meaning that the photographer looks beyond the technical aspects of the art. Rachel King has an editor’s ‘eye.’ She is a superb technician, but her view of the material goes beyond the ordinary technical aspects. I would highly recommend Ms. King for any project, fiction or nonfiction.”
—Lee Maynard
Recent Books
Goldblatt, Amanda. Hard Mouth. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2019.
Araghi, Ali. The Immortals of Tehran. New York: Melville House, 2020.
Mitchell, Pat. Becoming a Dangerous Woman. New York: Seal Press, 2019.
Browne, Wesley. Hillbilly Hustle. Morgantown, WV: Vandalia Press, 2020.