Gingerbread Moon Creative is a small group of freelance editors and designers who are passionate about publishing perfection. We work with book publishers, packagers and agencies, and between us, we’ve made hundreds of bestselling books, for both children and adults. For your project, we can creatively manage almost everything from developing book concepts and writing to copyediting and proofreading, as well as prototyping design, commissioning illustrators, and designing interiors and covers.

I specialize in project management from initial concept to final files, including budgeting and scheduling, commissioning authors and illustrators, and managing project teams. I also love copyediting, structural editing, proofreading and writing young children’s non-fiction.Experience in the following fields:Illustrated books – family reference, health and wellbeing, travel, art and design, business strategy, children's illustrated fiction and non-fiction. Adult fiction – cold reads, editing and proofreading.

Key member of the team that created and managed all Ripley Publishing projects on behalf of parent company, Ripley Entertainment, Inc., owners of the Ripley's Believe It or Not! brand. Responsible for project managing our top title, the Ripley's Believe It or Not! annual, collaborating with creative partners and technical experts in the UK, US and China to build the book into an global bestseller with annual sales of 1 million around the world.Capitalised on the resulting increased brand awareness and engagement by growing a successful list of children's and family reference, entertainment and fiction books, cartoons, ebooks and apps.

Project management, editing and writing, picture research and cartography across key titles. Particular responsibility for managing and adding new content to the recently launched Ripley's Believe It or Not! annual. Success of this title led to developing and project managing several new Ripley's Believe It or Not! book series.

Managing all aspects of key packaging titles including several books in the award-winning Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides series (over 100 titles translated into more than 30 languages), AA Travel Guides, and in-house health and cookery titles.

Working on Dorling Kindersley Eyewitness Travel Guides and in-house complimentary health and cookery titles.

Malcolm Bradbury's Atlas of World Literature, art and lifestyle books.