Credentials
Professional qualification: Basic Editing Course from the Publishing Training Centre at Book House, UK (distance learning) through the Flexible Learning Centre at West Herts College. Professional editorial skills, covering a wide range of techniques required to edit books and journals in general, educational, and academic publishing.
Education: B.A. International in English and Spanish from University College Dublin, Ireland.
Affiliation: Member of the Editorial Freelancers Association.
Relevant experience
Freelance clients include Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press; Penguin Random House Childrens; the JM Agency Publishing Consultancy; Town of University Park, Maryland; Springer-Verlag; and authors published both independently and traditionally.
Independently published children's author, 2016–2023. (Middle-grade fiction.)
Technical writer at the University of Texas at Brownsville. (Applications, proposals, manuals, handbooks, procedurals, web site content.)
Copy editor and senior copy editor at SmartForce (now Skillsoft), Dublin, Ireland. (IT training materials, articles, marketing, web site and interface text.)
In-house editorial assistant at Town House and Country House, Dublin, Ireland. (General interest and fiction.)
Selected freelance work
SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATIONS
Coal-Ball Paleobotany: Introduction and Overview by Tom L. Phillips, W. John Nelson, Scott D. Elrick, and William A. DiMichele. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, No. 111. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, in press (edited February 2026).
Comparative Anatomy of Ocean Sunfishes (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) by Katherine E. Bemis, James C. Tyler, Carol D. Carson, Eric J. Hilton, and William E. Bemis. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, No. 652. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, in press (edited January 2026).
Technical Studies of Asian Art: Proceedings of the Seventh Forbes Symposium at the Freer Gallery of Art, ed. Blythe McCarthy et al. Smithsonian Institution and Archetype Publishing (copyedit and proofread 2024-25).
Inventing for Sports by Eric Hintz and Arthur Daemmrich. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2025.
The Sasanians in Context: Art, History, and Archaeology, ed. Antonietta Catanzariti and Touraj Daryaee. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, in press (edited 2023-24).
The Tenth Winton M. Blount Postal History Symposium: World War I and Its Immediate Aftermath, Select Papers, ed. Susan N. Smith. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2022.
Exhibiting America by David Allison and Hannah Peterson. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2021.
Many Voices, One Nation: Material Culture Reflections on Race and Migration in the United States, ed. Margaret Salazar-Porzio and Joan Fragaszy Troyano. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2017 (winner of a 2017 Outstanding Academic Title award from ALA Choice).
Catalog of Type Specimens of Recent Mammals: Orders Didelphimorphia through Chiroptera (excluding Rodentia) in the National Museum of Natural History by Robert D. Fisher and Craig A. Ludwig. Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press, 2015.
RANDOM HOUSE CHILDREN'S
Charlie and the Christmas Factory and Other Stories (various authors). Viking, in press (proofed Feb. 2026).
Sisters Alone by Shifa Saltagi Safadi. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, in press (proofed Jan. 2026).
The Romance Rewind by Sarah Everett. G.P. Putnam’s Sons, in press (proofed Sep. 2025).
Alice with a Why by Anna James, Flamingo, in press (proofed May 2025).
Gloam by Jack Mackey, Viking, 2025 (proofed Nov 2024).
Moth Dark by Kika Hatzopoulou, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2025 (copyedited October 2024).
You Belong to Me by Hayley Krischer, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2025 (proofread June 2024).
INDEPENDENT AUTHORS
36 Hours to Fa-La-La-Boom by Zadie Grey. Kindle. Copyedited December 2025. Popular fiction, thriller, romance.
The Power of the Prompt by Lara O’Brien, in press. Copyedited June 2025. Nonfiction, writers workshop handbook.
Advertiser Anonymous by Eoghan Ryan, (working title). Copyedited December 2024. Memoir.
Refocus and Reset Your Life, Gretchen Schock, to be self-published. Copyedited 2022. Memoir and self-help.
Montana Maverick by Gary E. Kraske. Dakota Emil Press. Copyedited 2020. Memoir.
TRADITIONALLY PUBLISHED AUTHORS
Still: A Memoir by Julia Kelly. New Island (Dublin, Ireland), 2025. (Shortlisted for Irish Book Awards Biography of the Year 2025.)
The Isaiah Fountain Case: Outrage and Jim Crow Justice on Maryland’s Eastern Shore by Joe Koper, Secant Books, 2022 (history).
Matchstick Man by Julia Kelly, Head of Zeus (London), 2018 (memoir).
OTHER CONTENT
Town of University Park new web site content and consultation, 2017-21 (online content, brochure text, etc.).
For my full resumé, see my LinkedIn profile.
Client testimonials
"[Christine] is an honest and caring collaborator whose mission is to get the very best out of each project ... I can honestly say that my work is considerably better as a result of having her involved in the process."—Memoir author
"What distinguishes great copy-editors from merely good ones, is the great ones also mentor their authors, guide them in their development, and Christine excels at this."—Managing editor
"[Christine did] a thorough editing job. [Her] comments and insights have been educational, helpful, and worthwhile." —Nonfiction author
"Ms Doran's approach builds trust and allows the manuscript to be improve so much more quickly, covering everything from copyediting to structural revision. If you are tired of feeling like you and your editor are engaged in swordplay, consider working with Ms Doran." —Self-published author
"The copy editor has done a very thorough and excellent job in spotting a number of mistakes, mostly small but some embarrassingly significant, as well as providing a host of improvements in the text. We were both impressed with the quality of the copy edit." —Joint book authors
"Christine was quick and thorough and helped to make a difficult task infinitely less painful." —Master's candidate
"It gives me such peace of mind to know that Christine has cast her eagle eye over my work when I have become too close to it to be able to see it clearly." —Traditionally published author
(You can read more testimonials like these on my LinkedIn page.)
"Christine had some great ideas for my thesis that helped me get past my writer's block and fine-tune some of the structure and wording."
- PhD candidate