Kim Catanzarite

Kim Catanzarite is a freelance copy editor who has over thirty years’ experience in the editorial field. Her client list includes Writer’s Digest Books, Random House, Meredith Corporation, Ten Speed Press, and many other American book publishers as well as indie authors. She has edited hundreds of nonfiction and fiction titles in a vast variety of genres from how-to to memoir to writing guides and novels, as well as magazines and newspapers. Kim has been an instructor for Writer’s Digest University since 2015; she teaches three copyediting courses.

Kim’s editing career began in 1989 at a small newspaper in northern New Jersey, where she learned hands-on the process of editing, article writing, layout, and publishing. She also worked for two book-publishing companies—one of the big five in New York City and another smaller publishing house in New Jersey—where she took nonfiction titles from raw manuscript to finished product. After several years on the job, she decided to freelance.

Kim received her B.A. in English from Skidmore College and continued her education at the New York Summer Writers Institute and the Emerson College writing and publishing graduate program. She is an accomplished writer who has published articles in national magazines, such as Better Homes and Gardens and Woman’s Day, and newspapers. Her fiction and poetry have won prizes and appeared in literary magazines, and Kim has successfully self-published several novels, including a science fiction series.