CHRISTY MACDONALD has a decade of experience as a freelance editor, and has copyedited over 150 fiction books for publishers including St. Martin’s Press, Tor, Thomas Dunne, and Harper Collins.
Christy is experienced with multiple fiction genres, including mystery, thriller/suspense, historical fiction, science fiction, fantasy, and young adult fiction. Her clients often seek her out for repeat projects because of her careful editing, excellent eye for detail, and for her knack for bringing out the best in each book.
Christy’s repeat clients include: Piers Anthony and Ben Bova (science fiction), M.C. Beaton and Laura Joh Rowland (mystery), Carolly Erickson (historical fiction), Sherrilyn Kenyon (horror), Michael Palmer and Dana Stabenow (suspense/thriller), and Patrick Taylor (the Irish Country Doctor series).”
Partial List of Books Copyedited/Published:
| Adler, Elizabeth | From Barcelona, with Love |
| Adler, Elizabeth | A Place in the Country |
| Adler, Elizabeth | Please Don’t Tell |
| Adler, Elizabeth | Last to Know |
| Ahmad, A. X. | The Caretaker |
| Ahmad, A. X. | The Last Taxi Ride |
| Anthony, Piers | Luck of the Draw |
| Anthony, Piers | Esrever Doom |
| Axelrod, Jared & Steve Walker | The Battle of Blood and Ink |
| Ayoob, Michael | In Search of Mercy |
| Barbieri, Maggie | Lies that Bind |
| Barreau, Nicholas | Ingredients of Love |
| Beaton, M. C. | Something Borrowed, Someone Dead |
| Beaton, M. C. | Blood of an Englishman |
| Bergreen, Karen | Following Polly |
| Black, Daniel | Perfect Peace |
| Bond, Larry | Shattered Trident |
| Borchert, Don | The Adv. of Tom S. and the Undead |
| Bova, Ben | Leviathans of Jupiter |
| Bova, Ben | Power Play |
| Bova, Ben | Farside |
| Bova, Ben | New Earth |
| Box, C. J. | Back of Beyond |
| Bradford, Barbara Taylor | Letter from a Stranger |
| Bradford, Barbara Taylor | Secrets From the Past |
| Bradford, Barbara Taylor | Cavendon Hall |
| Brennan, Marie | A Natural History of Dragons |
| Brennert, Alan | Palisades Park |
| Brewer, Heather | The Ghost of Ben Hargrove |
| Buckner, M. M. | Gravity Pilot |
| Clement, Blaize | Cat Sitter Among the Pigeons |
| Cannell, Stephen J. | Prostitutes’ Ball |
| Carew, Opal | Twin Fantasies |
| Carew, Opal | Pleasure Bound |
| Carr, Howie | Hard Knocks |
| Cascone, A. G. | The Beast of Baskerville |
| Cascone, A. G. | Grave Secrets |
| Cascone, A. G. | The Witching Game |
| Cascone, A. G. | Little Magic Shop of Horrors |
| Cascone, A. G. | Invasion of the Appleheads |
| Cascone, A. G. | Grandpa’s Monster Movies |
| Center, Katherine | Happiness for Beginners |
| Corman, Avery | The Boyfriend from Hell |
| Cumming, Charles | The Trinity Six |
| DeFelice, Jim | The Helios Conspiracy |
| Delany, Shannon | Stormbringer |
| Englehart, Steve | The Long Man |
| Englehart, Steve | The Plain Man |
| Englehart, Steve | The Arena Man |
| Erickson, Carolly | The Favored Queen |
| Erickson, Carolly | The Unfaithful Queen |
| Erickson, Carolly | The Spanish Queen |
| Erikkson, Kjell | The Hand that Trembles |
| Falkoff, Michelle | Playlist for the Dead |
| Fields, Tricia | Scratchgravel Road |
| Fields, Tricia | Wrecked |
| Gage, Eleni N. | Other Waters |
| Gibaldi, Lauren | The Night We Said Yes |
| Gonzales, Tony | EVE: Templar One |
| Grady, James | The Last Days of the Condor |
| Green, Tim | Lost Boy |
| Harrison, Wayne | The Spark and the Drive |
| Held, Rhiannon | Silver |
| Held, Rhiannon | Tarnished |
| Hynd, Noel | The Enemy Within |
| Ice-T with Mal Radcliff | Kings of Vice |
| Jeschke, Wolfgang | The Cusanus Game |
| Kalla, Daniel | Of Flesh and Blood |
| Kalla, Daniel | The Far Side of the Sky |
| Keller, Julia | A Killing in the Hills |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Infinity |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | No Mercy |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Infamous |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Time Untime |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Styxx |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Inferno |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Son of No One |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Illusion |
| Kenyon, Sherrilyn | Born of Fury |
| Kirkman, Robert & Jay Bonansinga | Walking Dead: Fall of the Governor Pt 1 |
| Kirkman, Robert & Jay Bonansinga | Walking Dead: Fall of the Governor Pt 2 |
| Kovacs, Ed | Storm Damage |
| Laam, Jennifer | The Secret Daughter of the Tsar |
| Lake, Jay | The Last Plane to Heaven |
| Lang, Michele | Lady Lazarus |
| Lang, Michele | Dark Victory |
| Lazo, Irete | Accidental Santera |
| Lipinski, Maureen | Bump in the Road |
| Liu, Cixin | The Three-Body Problem |
| Lockwood, Cara | Follow Me |
| Loyd, Amy Grace | The Affairs of Others |
| Maas, Jane | The Christmas Angel |
| Marcinko, Richard & Jim DeFelice | Rouge Warrior: Curse of the Infidel |
| McMeel, Cortright | Short |
| Melko, Paul | Broken Universe |
| Moore, Shamron | Hollywood Strip |
| Niven, Larry & | |
| Matthew Joseph Harrington | The Goliath Stone |
| Olshan, Joseph | Cloudland |
| Orullian, Peter | The Unremembered |
| Orullian, Peter | Trial of Intentions |
| Palmer, Michael | The Second Opinion |
| Palmer, Michael | Last Surgeon |
| Palmer, Michael | A Heartbeat Away |
| Palwick, Susan | Mending the Moon |
| Patton, Lisa | Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter |
| Pehov, Alexey (trans.) | Shadow Prowler |
| Pehov, Alexey (trans.) | Shadow Chaser |
| Pehov, Alexey (trans.) | Shadow Blizzard |
| Pitts, John | Black Blade Blues |
| Planck, Michael C. | The Kassa Gambit |
| Platas, Berta | Lucky Chica |
| Poole, Sara | Malice |
| Robinson, Jeremy | Instinct |
| Robinson, Jeremy | SecondWorld |
| Rockland, Kate | Falling Is Like This |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | The Assassin’s Touch |
| Rowland, Laura Joh | The Ronin’s Mistress |
| Salem, J. J. | The Strip |
| Salvalaggio, Karin | Bone Dust White |
| Sangohee, Sanjay | Merger |
| Scalzi, John | Lock In |
| Scott Allen, Glen | The Shadow War |
| Sims, Elizabeth | The Extra |
| Skibbins, David | The Star |
| Slonczewski, Joan | The Highest Frontier |
| Stabenow, Dana | A Deeper Sleep |
| Stabenow, Dana | Prepared for Rage |
| Stabenow, Dana | Whisper to the Blood |
| Stabenow, Dana | A Night Too Dark |
| Stanton, Angie | Under the Spotlight |
| Staveley, Brian | The Providence of Fire |
| Steiner, Peter | Infidel’s Children |
| Sullivan, Mark T. | The Escape Artist |
| Taylor, Patrick | A Dublin Student Doctor |
| Taylor, Patrick | An Irish Country Wedding |
| Taylor, Patrick | The Wily O’Reilly |
| Taylor, Patrick | Home Is the Sailor |
| Taylor, Patrick | Fingal O’Reilly: Irish Doctor |
| Taylor, Patrick | An Irish Doctor in Peace and in War |
| Traviss, Karen | HALO: Glasslands |
| Tsukiyama, Gail | A Hundred Flowers |
| Valdes-Rodriguez, Alisa | Dirty Girls |
| Van Lustbader, Eric | Last Snow |
| Van Lustbader, Eric | Blood Trust |
| Vasquez, Ian | Mr. Hooligan |
| Vonnegut, Norb | The Gods of Greenwich |
| Wall, Kathryn R. | Covenant Hall |
| Wall, Kathryn R. | Canaan’s Gate |
| Walton, Jo | Ha’penny |
| Walton, Jo | Half a Crown |
| Westerson, Jeri | Blood Lance |
| Wilde, Tom | The Blood of Alexander |
| Willingham, Bill | Down the Mysterly River |
| Wilson, Anne A. | Hover |
| Wood, Barbara | Woman of a Thousand Secrets |
| Zahler, S. Craig | Mean Business |
FEEDBACK
“You polished my labor of love and made it sparkle.” Irete Lazo, Accidental Santera
“Thanks to Christy MacDonald…for your razor-sharp eyes.” Lisa Patton, Whistlin’ Dixie in a Nor’easter
“You took my rough prose and made it shine.” Jeremy Robinson, Instinct
“Thank you to Christy MacDonald, whose sharp eye in copy edit has rescued this book from its author’s very personal style of touch typing and his persistent belief that George Gershwin wrote “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes.” Patrick Taylor, A Dublin Student Doctor
“Thanks to … Christy MacDonald for uncanny copyediting.”Jane Maas, The Christmas Angel
“Thank you to my copy editor, Christy MacDonald, for the spit and polish. If there’s one thing I appreciate, it’s attention to detail, and you have this in spades.” Anne A. Wilson, Hover