Justine is an experienced freelance editor who works with book publishers in the United States and Canada. Some of her current and past clients include Inner Traditions, North Atlantic Books, Verso Books, Quality Medical Publishing, University of Ottawa Press, Durvile & UpRoute Books, Eye of Newt Books, Formac Publishing, and Guernica Editions.

In addition to her work in the fast-paced world of publishing, she also takes great pleasure in working directly with authors and helping them to polish their writing for submission, whether that means offering guidance on a short academic article or a full-length novel manuscript. Some of Justine’s areas of greatest interest include spiritual and self-help writing, memoir and creative nonfiction, and speculative fiction.

Please direct all inquiries about her availability and rates to hartjustine.al@gmail.com.

“Justine did an excellent job improving the sequence and content of my manuscript. She was very thorough and reflected great suggestions back to me. Justine really understood the message I was attempting to convey, and her feedback was always perfect! I would recommend her editing services to anyone!”

— Dana Marcon, life coach and healing practitioner

“Justine is an enthusiastic and sensitive reader who’s alert to possibilities and diplomatic but honest about missteps. She pointed my story in a direction that turned out to be incredibly fruitful and offered a helpful sounding board for ideas and rewrites. I would absolutely recommend her editing services and hope to use them again!”

— Amelinda Bérubé, young adult fantasy author