Portfolio

My portfolio represents a sample of work from 18 years as a freelance editor. I also worked in-house for Heritage House Publishing for a couple of years, first as in-house editor and then as editorial coordinator, on all aspects of book production.

Publishing projects

I love shepherding projects from raw content to finished product, from editing to layout and cover design to ebooks (and consulting on distribution and marketing).

Editing projects

This list does not include unpublished books or academic articles, PhD dissertations, or MA theses.

  •  Architectural Histories, an online journal of the European Architectural History Network (journal editor, 2012-ongoing)
  • Collin Varner, The Flora and Fauna of Coastal British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest, Heritage House (proofreader, 2021)
  • Dag I. K. Sjøberg and Gunnar Rye Bergersen, “Construct Validity in Software Engineering,” Journal of Latex Class Files (March 2021), DOI:10.36227/techrxiv.14141027.v1 (copy editor)
  • Christian Parreno, Boredom, Architecture, and Spatial Experience, Bloomsbury (editor, consultant, 2020)
  • David Giblin, Gilly the Ghillie, Heritage House (copy editor, 2020) 
  • Ken Mather, Stagecoach North, Heritage House (proofreader, 2020)
  • architectural history and theory course supplementary text, for Institute for the History and Theory of Architecture, GTA Zurich (copy editor, 2020)
  • Nicholas Read, A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries, Heritage House (proofreader, 2020)
  • Jamie Lamb, Christmas in Mariposa: Sketches of Canada’s Legendary Little Town, Heritage House (editor, 2019)
  • Alla Vronskaya, Monistic Modernism: An Intellectual History of Soviet Architecture, 1917-1941 (copy editor, 2019)
  • Maarten Delbeke, multi-author volume on the 17th-century Jesuit philosopher Pallavicino; publication details forthcoming (editor, 2018/19)
  • David Giblin, The Codfish Dream, Heritage House (in-house editor, 2018)
  • Dag Sjoberg, “Teamwork Quality and Project Success in Agile Software Development” (forthcoming article, 2015)
  • Gunnar Bergersen, Measuring Programming Skill: Construction and Validation of an Instrument for Evaluation Java Developers, PhD dissertation (fall 2015)
  • Bergersen, G. R., Sjøberg, D. I. K., & Dybå, T. (2014). Construction and validation of an instrument for measuring programming skillIEEE Transactions on Software Engineering 40(12), 1163–1184. doi:10.1109/TSE.2014.2348997.
  • journal editor, The Nordic Journal of Architecture, Vol. 1 (fall 2011); Vol. 2 (fall 2012); Vol 3 (spring 2013); Vol 4 (spring 2015)
  • Mysteries for Touchwood Editions (copy edioe)
    • Cathy Ace, Corpse with the Sapphire Eyes, 2015
    • Cathy Ace, Corpse with the Golden Nose, 2013
    • Kay Stewart and Chris Bullock, Unholy Rites, 2013
    • Phyllis Smallman, Highball Exit, 2013
    • Gwendolyn Southin, Death as a Fine Art, 2012
    • Stephen Legault, The Slickrock Paradox, 2012
    • Stephen. Legault, The Vanishing Track, 2012
    • Cathy Ace, The Corpse with the Silver Tongue, 2012
    • Debra Purdy Kong, Deadly Accusations, 2012
    • Bruce Burrows, The River Killers, 2011
    • Gordon Cope, Secret Combinations, 2011
    • Duncan and Szanto, Never Hug a Mugger on Quadra Island, 2011
    • Stephen Legault, End of the Line, 2011
    • Susan Calder, Deadly Fall, 2010
    • Debra Purdy Kong, The Opposite of Dark, 2010
    • Kay Stewart, Sitting Lady Sutra, 2010
  • Lisa Diedrich, Translating Harbourscapeshttps://bibliotek.dk/da/work/870970-basis:50928179: Site-Specific Design Approaches in Contemporary European Harbour Transformation, Department of Geoscience and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, 2013.
  • newsletter editor, European Architectural History Network newsletter (2009-2012)
  • series copy editor, asBUILT architecture series, series editors Karl Otto Ellefsen, et al., published by PAX (Norway):
  • Theodore Dombrowski, Secret Beaches of Vancouver Island series, Heritage House (copy/structural editor):
    • Secret Beaches of the Southern Gulf Islands, Heritage House, 2012
    • Secret Beaches of the Northern Gulf Islands, Heritage House, 2012
    • Secret Beaches of Central Vancouver Island: Campbell River to Qualicum, Heritage House, 2011
    • Secret Beaches of Southern Vancouver Island: Qualicum to the Malahat, Heritage House, 2010
    • Secret Beaches of Greater Victoria: View Royal to Sidney, Heritage House, 2010
  • Abdou, Angie. The Canterbury Trail, Brindle & Glass Publishing, 2011
  • Ken Lister, Paul Kane, the Artist: Wilderness to Studio, Royal Ontario Museum, 2010 (copy editor, structural editor)
  • Peter Kaellgren, Wedgwood, Artistry and Innovation: Highlights of the Collection at the Royal Ontario Museum, Royal Ontario Museum, 2009 (copy editor)
  • Energy Bulletin (English language version), 4th edition, 5th edition (2009), UNESCO/Sustainable Energy Development (ISEDC) (Russia) (copy editor/proofreader)
  • Ileana Marin, “Rossetti’s Aesthetically Saturated Readings: Transferring Art’s Artificiality to Reality.” In Art and Life in Aestheticism: De-Humanizing and Re-Humanizing Art, the Artist and the Artistic Receptor. Palgrave Macmillan, 2009 (copy editor)
  • Andy Lamb and Phil Edgell, Coastal Fishes of the Pacific Northwest, 2nd edn, Harbour Publishing, 2010
  • Andrew Scott, The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names, Harbour Publishing, 2009 (team proofreading)
  • Susan McCarthy, Communist Multiculturalism: Minority Revival in Southwest China. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2009 (proofreader)
  • 3-session Hansard editing contract for the Northwest Territories Legislative Assembly, Canada (2008)
  • textbook on home care support for Elsevier Press, 2007-08
  • Nicholas Standaert, The Interweaving of Rituals: Funerals in the Cultural Exchange between China and Europe, University of Washington Press, 2008 (copy editor)
  • Alexey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, The Silver Prince, translated by Prince Nikita Galitzine. Trafford, 2007 (copy editor, production consultant)
  • Lai Guilin, “Searching for a Modern Chinese Monument: The Design of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing.” Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 64.1 (March 2005): 22-55
  • Harold K. Steen, The U.S. Forest Service: A History. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2004 [Preface to the Centennial Edition]
  • Marjorie Garber, A Manifesto for Literary Studies. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2003
  • Yu Shuishan. “Redefining the Axis of Beijing: Revolution and Nostalgia in the Planning of the PRC Capital.” Journal of Urban History 34.4 (May 2008)
  • Claire Elizabeth CampbellShaped by the West Wind, UBC Press
  • Wesley Wehr, The Accidental Collector: Art, Fossils, and Friendships, University of Washington Press
  • Barbara Johns, Anne Gould Hauberg: Fired by Beauty, University of Washington Press
  • Hong Kong University Museum and Art Gallery, Anthology of Ink: Ancient Chinese Painting and Calligraphy from the Dr. S. Y. Yip Collection, University of Washington Press
  • Ruth Kirk and Richard D. Daugherty, Archaeology in Washington, University of Washington Press
  • Kenneth Starr, Black Tigers: A Grammar of Chinese Rubbings, University of Washington Press
  • Barbara Thompson, ed., Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body, University of Washington Press
  • T. William Booth and William H. Wilson, Carl F. Gould: A Life in Architecture and the Arts, University of Washington Press
  • Andrew M. Watsky, Chikubushima: Deploying the Sacred Arts in Momoyama Japan, University of Washington Press
  • Ann Fienup-Riordan, ed., Ciuliamta Akluit / Things of Our Ancestors: Yup’ik Elders Explore the Jacobsen Collection at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin, University of Washington Press
  • Joyce Brodsky, Experiences of Passage: The Paintings of Yun Gee and Li-lan Catalogue, University of Washington Press
  • Jeffrey Karl Ochsner, Lionel H. Pries, Architect, Artist, Educator: From Arts and Crafts to Modern Architecture, University of Washington Press
  • Gray, Money Matters: Economics and the German Culture Imagination, 1770-1850, University of Washington Press
  • Joan Templeton, Munch’s Ibsen: A Painter’s Visions of a Playwright, University of Washington Press
  • Pal Nyiri, Scenic Spots: Chinese Tourism, the State, and Cultural Authority, University of Washington Press
  • Janet Ore, The Seattle Bungalow: People and Houses, 1900-1940, University of Washington Press
  • Annie Carlano and Bobbie Sumberg, Sleeping Around: The Bed from Antiquity to Now, University of Washington Press
  • Getty Research Institute, Walls of Algiers: Narratives of the City through Text and Images, University of Washington Press
  • John C. Miles, Wilderness in National Parks: Playground or Preserve, University of Washington Press
  • Cynthea Bogel, With a Single Glance: Buddhist Icons and Early Mikkyo Vision, University of Washington Press
  • Jiang, Women Playing Men: Yue Opera and Social Change in 20th Century Shanghai, University of Washington Press
  • Anthony W. Lee, ed., Yun Gee: Poetry, Writings, Art, Memories, University of Washington Press
  • Ann Fienup-Riordan, Yup’ik Elders at the Ethnologisches Museum Berlin: Fieldwork Turned on Its Head, University of Washington Press