Featured Books
Read about some of the published books I’ve had the pleasure to work on.
I’ve worked with writers across the US and around the world. With every client and every manuscript, I learn new things and grow in my admiration for these people who have had the perseverance to write their stories and the courage to share them.
Fiction | Memoir | Nonfiction
Fiction
Mary Faherty, Spiralling
“Jill Angel’s blend of skill and encouragement helped me finish a first draft of this book.”
Anastasia Zadeik, The Other Side of Nothing
Role: copyediting
“When the man she loves rejects her public marriage proposal, Laura Duggan resolves to get her life back on track. . . . [But as] the world refuses to bend to her will, Laura realizes that to forge a new future, she must confront the shadows of her past.”
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Runaways Julia and Sam embark on a race against time and nature, pursued by their wildly different mothers whose one common goal is to find their kids before it’s too late.
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Mari Jojie, A Hundred Silent Ways
“To my early readers, Jill Angel and [name], who gave great insights and honesty.”
“As [Kate] waits for her connecting flight from Tokyo to Manila, she meets Liam, whose disquieting stares express more than his words. Unbeknownst to both, their chance meeting circles back to a closely linked past that holds little hope for new beginnings.”
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J. Fremont, Magician of Light
“Many thanks to my editors, [name] and Jill Angel, for their beneficial advice. They helped bring my characters to life.”
“Struggling to redefine herself after abandoning an unfulfilling musical career in America, Elizabeth Devereaux joins her French life-scientist husband in Montpelier, France, believing it’s never too late to be what you might have been. Tragically, reality suggests otherwise.”
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“When Rene Lalique, a leader in the decorative arts movement, meets Lucinda Haliburton, their shared love of Egypt sparks romance but also uncovers the shadows and secrets of Lucinda’s past.”
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Maryann B. Murray, Coda
“Many thanks to . . . Jill Angel, book coach, editor, proofreader, counselor . . . .”
Memoir
Mark Halpert, Saturn Return: A Canadian’s year-long journey of self-discovery in Asia
Role: copyediting
“Approaching his twenty-seventh birthday, Mark Halpert had a stable home, a successful career, and a long-term relationship, but something wasn’t right. He needed a reset. . . . This is a story about what you can find when you leave it all behind.”
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Carolyn Dismuke, Drink Your Words
“Thanks to my editors [including Jill Angel] for being cheaper than therapy.”
“Carolyn thought she was living the dream, but her view changed when she noticed beautiful vineyards on back roads. . . . Curious for more, she packed her wanderlust and set out to live in a different California region every month. . . .”
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Rebecca Stirling, The Shell and the Octopus: A Memoir
Role: copyediting
“Sailing around the world was her father’s dream. Living a ‘normal’ life was Rebecca’s, until she realized it wasn’t. When her father’s unexpected death leads her back to the sea, Rebecca begins a journey of healing and self-discovery.“
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Nonfiction
Mariana Alessandri, Night Vision: Seeing Ourselves Through Dark Moods
“Jill Angel, thank you for keeping me consistent.”
Jennie Nash, Blueprint for a Book: Build Your Novel from the Inside Out
Role: proofreading
“A philosopher’s personal meditation on how painful emotions can reveal truths about what it means to be truly human. . . . Night Vision shows how, when we learn to embrace the dark, we begin to see these moods—and ourselves—as honorable, dignified, and unmistakably human.”
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“How to write a novel in the most efficient way by tackling the hardest part before you start to write, from Jennie Nash, author, top book coach, and CEO of Author Accelerator, which trains and matches book coaches to support writers through the entire creative process.”
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