Hello and thank you for visiting my website.

I am Helen Mortimer, a diligent and imaginative freelance editor with over 25 years of in-house children’s publishing experience. Having worked most recently as Senior Commissioning Editor for Oxford University Press and before that at Simon and Schuster, Gullane Children’s Books, David Bennett Books, Quarto and HarperCollins, I now offer a range of services that can be tailored to your needs, including editing, project managing, concept development and writing.

My area of expertise is in picture books, gift books, young fiction, pre-school, novelty and illustrated non-fiction. I love the alchemy that develops on the page as words and pictures combine to create a powerful storytelling whole for children and adults alike.