My Clients

Gale is not a good editor, she is a brilliant editor. She works diligently and one can see from the end result, her careful and immensely personal duty to her clients. I have used several editors over the last few years and Gale is without doubt far above any of them. I cannot praise her highly enough.

Professor Alan Bell, author

Award-winning authors

The help and advice provided by Gale Winskill, of Winskill Editorial, were invaluable.

Colin M. Drysdale, award-winning author

It is a privilege to have worked with authors who have gone on to be recognized for their work. Here are a few of the accolades they’ve acquired:

Merky Books New Writers' Prize: shortlisted title
Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing, Australia: shortlisted title
Novel London Literary Competition: second prize
Creative Future Award: silver prize winner
Owned Voices Novel Award: shortlisted title
London Library Emerging Writers’ Award: shortlisted title
Leeds Literary Prize: silver winner
Crime Writers’ Association, John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger Award: winner
Best Indie Book Awards (horror): winner
First Novel (>80,000 words category), Next Generation Indie Book Awards: winner
Scottish Children’s Book Awards: two winners and a finalist
Guppy Books YA Open Submission Competition, longlisted title
Branford Boase Award: two longlisted titles
All Kelpies Prize winners, 2005–2008

My customers

My clients include independent authors throughout the world, for example: in the UK, Europe, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Middle East, USA, and elsewhere. Many go on to submit to traditional publishing houses, whereas others choose to self-publish. In addition, I have worked for a variety of publishing houses, training organizations and businesses. See below for examples.

Thank you so much for this attentive, detailed work, which was exactly what this book needed.

Lily Cooper, Commissioning Editor, Hodder & Stoughton

Birlinn
Black & White
BMV Media, The Netherlands
Books & Software Ltd, Hong Kong
Canongate
Chartered Institute for Editing and Proofreading (CIEP)
Cornerstones
Cymera Festival
Edinburgh Writers’ Forum
Glasgow Women’s Library
GW Publishing
Harper Inspire
HarperCollins Author Academy
HarperNonFiction
Hodder & Stoughton
Hodderscape
HQ Nonfiction
Impress Books
Leannta Education Associates
Lunicorn Press
Mainstream
National Bureau of Translations, Kazakhstan
NKD, London
Phoenix Yard Books
Publishing Scotland
Publishing Training Centre
Routledge
Royal Commission on the Historic and Ancient Monuments of Scotland
SalesTribe
SilverWood Books
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Scotland) (SCBWI)
Starfish Bay Children's Books, Australia
Swales & Willis
Vendana, Germany
Wattle Publishing
Waverley Books
William Collins
Wombles Operation Ltd
Wren & Rook

Gale is a tireless, creative, skilled and dependable editor.

John Richardson, Black & White Publishing