About

My job is to make you and your writing look good. I love language and helping authors perfect their text. I have spent more than thirty years honing my eye for detail and my ear for the right words and rhythm. I believe in treating you and your text with respect.

Personal History

Lea Gallanter
Lea Galanter
Owner

When I was growing up in New York, I knew that I wanted to be a journalist, but it was only later, after earning my BA in History, that I returned to my love of words by studying journalism in graduate school  and working for the university paper, where I did everything from editing copy and writing music reviews to paste-up and layout.

I worked my way up the editorial ladder at various magazines before switching to legal and technical writing and editing, working for a Seattle law firm as well as for software companies such as Microsoft. Throughout my career, I’ve edited marketing materials, software documentation, legal documents, encyclopedia articles, and academic text. While studying for my master’s at Cardiff University in Wales, I edited dissertations, giving me experience editing in British English.

I currently specialize in editing academic books, articles, and dissertations in the area of history, but I also love working on memoirs and other kinds of nonfiction. As an editor and a language lover, I learn something new every day. Editing manuscripts is like opening a new puzzle box and fitting all the pieces together into a beautiful picture.

For more complete information about my work experience, see my résumé or my LinkedIn profile.

Academic Training

Bachelor’s in History (focus on Medieval History)
Four years post-graduate work in Journalism
Post-graduate work in History and Philosophy
Master’s in Early Celtic Studies
Numerous other publishing-related courses

Organizations

American Copy Editors Society
Northwest Editors Guild
Editorial Freelancers Association
American Historical Association
National Association of Independent Writers and Editors
Plain Language Association International (PLAIN)