I am an editor and writer specializing in nonfiction. From my home in Sacramento, California, I work for authors and publishers worldwide. I have provided developmental, line, or copy editing for dozens of book-length works (including twenty trade books for University of California Press) and thousands of journal articles. I am the principal copyeditor for several peer-reviewed journals, including Asian Survey, International Organization, and Sociology of Development. In late 2020 I copyedited the California Surgeon General’s report, Roadmap for Resilience. I have also published as an author in the peer-reviewed literature; see my article here. My résumé is here. Write to me at roy.sablosky@sablosky.com, or call (301) 919-0229.

Author feedback

The copyeditor was very considerate, thoughtful, and careful … a pleasant surprise to the authors. I would like to leave special thanks to the copyeditor. —Co-author of an article in Asian Survey

Roy: Thank you. You did a fabulous job. I’ve published 3 books and 80 or journal articles and book chapters. I’d have to say you are the best copy editor I’ve ever encountered. —Co-author of an article in Sociology of Development

Thanks again for the very thorough work you did here. It really makes such a difference. I wish other journals worked with editors as skilled as you! —Author of an article in Sociology of Development

Your editing is terrific. —Tom Cornsweet, author of Seeing: How Light Tells Us about the World (University of California Press, 2017)

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