Bio

Kate Joy Steele joined TED in the spring of 2008.  Kate has been researching, writing, ghostwriting, and teaching in business and professional settings since 1979 and has, in that time, translated innumerable pages of corporate-speak to cogent English and written "how-to" manuals on a number of business and academic subjects. Along with being our go-to consultant on business and academic books of all descriptions, she is also a skilled proofreader and copyeditor who has helped bring a number of TED authors to print readiness.

Kate is a native of Oklahoma and now resides in the Pacific Northwest. She reads widely, in subjects ranging from anthropology and psychology to mystery novels and thrillers. When not editing manuscripts, she loves to paint, visit her grandchildren, refinish furniture and garden.

Preferred Genres

Absolute favorite genre: historical fiction

Preferred fiction genres: action-adventure, crime, mystery, detective, conspiracy thrillers, eco-thrillers, legal thrillers, forensic, medical, or scientific thrillers, psychological thrillers, western/frontier, historical, biographical fiction, children’s (picture books and grades 1-2), middle grade, young adult, humor, literary fiction, mainstream fiction

Other fiction genres Kate enjoys working on: fantasy, science-fiction, Christian/inspirational, satire, women’s fiction, gay/lesbian fiction

Genres Kate prefers not to work on: horror, military thrillers, techno-thrillers, romance, erotica, multi-cultural

Other areas of interest in nonfiction: narrative, creative, autobiography, memoir, business/investing, cooking, food/wine, education, health/mind/body, history, home/garden, outdoors/nature, parenting/families, philosophy, professional/technical, reference, science, social sciences, true accounts, women's studies

Absolute favorite nonfiction category: spirituality/philosophy

Articles

Copyediting & Proofreading Explored: A Guide for Nonfiction Writers

Five Questions with Editor Kate Steele

Testimonials

"Something in my heart told me to have my worked checked (proofread) a second time--and I'm so thankful I did. Kate was spot-on, correcting my work that I received back in top notch shape-giving me a peace of mind. Just as important she was kind and treated me with respect and delivered my work in a timely manner."

Katherine Lyles

Rainbow City, AL

Submissions

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