Meet Our Editors
BetterEdit draws on a network of tertiary-qualified and industry-experienced editors, writers and other skilled individuals. Each editor is carefully tested during a hiring process.
Editors
- Alexa Grunner - [ Read more about Alexa ]
BA (UQ), DipEd (UQ), MA (Bond). - Amy Gralewski - [ Read more about Amy ]
BA, English, University of Illinois; MA, Counseling Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology - Dave Alluisi - [ Read more about Dave ]
BA, English and History, Longwood College. - Dylan Cronin - [ Read more about Dylan ]
BS, Chemistry (First Class Honours), Queensland University of Technology; BIT, Queensland University of Technology - Eleanor Brickhill - [ Read more about Eleanor ]
BA, History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales; Diploma in Book Editing and Production, Macleay College; Cert IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (International House). - Eric Reeder - [ Read more about Eric ]
Bachelor of Arts - English - Western Carolina University, Master of School Administration - University of North Carolina at Greensboro - Jonathan Wakefield - [ Read more about Jonathan ]
BS, Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia - Keith McLennan - [ Read more about Keith ]
BA (First Class Honours in English Literature; Modern History, French), University of Sydney, MA (First Class Honours in English Literature, University Medal), University of Sydney. - Liz Johns - [ Read more about Liz ]
ISTQB, Software Testing Accreditation, Australia New Zealand Testing Board; Adobe InDesign, NatColl, Wellington; MA, Information System, University of Brighton, U.K.; BS, Accounting and Business Finance, Portsmouth Polytechnic, U.K. - Mendi Blue - [ Read more about Mendi ]
A graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School. - Peter Stephan - [ Read more about Peter ]
PhD, American Studies, University of New Mexico; MA, English and History, North Texas State University; BS, Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University. - Philip Michael Brown - [ Read more about Philip ]
PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Southampton, U.K.; BSc, Biochemistry with Pharmacology, University of Southampton, U.K.; MBA, Oxford Brookes University, U.K.
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Editor Profiles
Alexa Grunner
BA (UQ), DipEd (UQ), MA (Bond)
Alexa's love of language began with teaching German, French and English for four years at high school, followed by 16 years' teaching English as a Second Language to Bond University students, as well as privately. While at Bond, Alexa taught Academic English, using a communicative task-based philosophy of language learning. Alexa's Applied Linguistics courses consisted of teaching linguistics, computer-enhanced language learning, language testing, and her responsibilities included theses supervision and examination as well as language teacher training. Naturally, writing is a large part of academic work, especially as Alexa was constantly developing new teaching materials and course outlines.
Proofreading and editing essays, reports and theses also became an ever-growing responsibility and interest for Alexa, so after her semi-retirement in 2001, she continued to work as an editor of student work. Alexa is fascinated by the vast array of topics she encounters and enjoys working with students from all nationalities.
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Back to TopAmy Gralewski
BA, English, University of Illinois; MA, Counseling Psychology, Adler School of Professional Psychology
Amy is a seasoned technical writer and editor, having worked for over a decade in the information technology, communications, and healthcare industries. She has written and edited numerous types of user documentation, and is an expert in MS Word. In addition, Amy is the Director of PR and Marketing for a skydiving center in Wisconsin. In this capacity, she has extensive experience creating marketing materials and managing social media.
In addition, she has been editing doctoral dissertations for students in the fields of psychology, education, and business for the last few years. She enjoys working with different students and learning about new subjects.
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Dave Alluisi
BA, English and History, Longwood College
Dave spent 10 years working as a line editor for LexisNexis, coordinating numerous high profile and high revenue publications at once and working with disparate teams of resources both remote and local to put out high quality books and web content in a timely manner. During that time he received several citations and awards for his work and was well-regarded by both his peers and employers. He resigned in May 2011 to pursue his passion for editing a wider variety of texts, including fiction of all varieties, website copy, news articles, newsletters, PowerPoint presentations, resumes, graduate theses, legal texts, grant proposals, direct mail, and even graphic novels. Dave is fast and thorough and has never missed a deadline or had an unsatisfied client.
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Dylan Cronin
BS, Chemistry (First Class Honours), Queensland University of Technology; BIT, Queensland University of Technology
Dylan spent over seven years studying and working within the Queensland University of Technology, in Brisbane, Australia. During this time he acquired two Bachelor's degrees, and completed a one year post-graduate research thesis in applied Chemistry (for which he received a grade of First Class Honours). Whilst studying, he also worked as a research assistant in a prominent and broadly multiethnic research team. Within this role he gained significant experience in editing journal articles and theses for non-native English speakers. His area of expertise is the design and preparation of biodegradable plastics produced from waste plant matter.
Dylan is currently living in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he studies Spanish and Portuguese and is employed part-time as an English teacher. The majority of his work pertains to editing written documents, prepared by advanced students, and instructing them on manners in which they can improve their writing abilities.
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Eleanor Brickhill
BA, History and Philosophy of Science, University of New South Wales; Diploma in Book Editing and Production, Macleay College; Cert IV in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (International House)
Language has always been a primary interest for Eleanor, coming from a large family of journalists and creative writers, but she was particularly spurred on to write critically during her undergraduate degree, discovering a love of academic and scientific writing. After completing her degree, majoring in history and philosophy of science, she followed up another passion of professional dance, and worked as dance writer and commissioning editor for Real Time, an Australian national arts publication. She has also spent 16 years editing a range of transcription material, including media broadcasts, PhD research, and police records of interview. After completing her professional training as an editor, she worked as a legal production editor preparing law reports for publication and continues to edit PhD theses and academic essays and assignments. She has also been trained in teaching English to speakers of other languages, an area which she finds particularly satisfying.
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Eric Reeder
Bachelor of Arts - English - Western Carolina University, Master of School Administration - University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Eric has been involved in the field of English for over 12 years, formerly as an educator for 10 years and now a full-time editor and proofreader. He enjoys editing all sorts of texts, from academic writing in the field of sociology to science fiction short stories. He is interested in a wide variety of topics and enjoys helping clients improve their written work.
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Jonathan Wakefield
BS, Biology, University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
With a degree in Biology, more than a decade of experience in computer programming in the corporate world, a number of articles published in various magazines and newspapers, and extensive training in the art of fiction, Jon can edit almost any type of communication. He has a wide range of experience writing and editing in the business, academic, and non-profit environments, as well as full-length books. His literary agent is currently seeking publishers for two of his books.
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Keith McLennan
BA (First Class Honours in English Literature; Modern History, French), University of Sydney, MA (First Class Honours in English Literature, University Medal), University of Sydney
Having taught English literature for ten years in the universities of Sydney and NSW, Keith is well acquainted with both the major writers in English and the needs of students generally. He is particularly well acquainted with political and military history, modern German history, and art.
Keith has edited several company annual reports and two PhD theses, one on Japanese craft and the other on Taiwan art history in the twentieth century. He has also worked on business documents for Chinese companies, e.g. the California Gardens real estate development in Beijing and the Baoshan industrial district in Shanghai. In April 2004 Keith published an article on a Sydney Holocaust survivor ("Walking among the Shadows") in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Liz Johns
ISTQB, Software Testing Accreditation, Australia New Zealand Testing Board; Adobe InDesign, NatColl, Wellington; MA, Information System, University of Brighton, U.K.; BS, Accounting and Business Finance, Portsmouth Polytechnic, U.K.
Liz has a bachelor's degree in Accountancy and Finance and a master's degree in Information Systems. Since then, she has been primarily working in the IT software industry with a focus on systems testing and technical writing. Part of her work involves writing technical documentation for users with the goal of translating technical information into clear, unambiguous writing. From this experience Liz found that she had an aptitude for such work and, more importantly, enjoyed it. With this in mind, she decided a few years ago to spend part of her working life as an editor and began freelancing for various clients doing academic editing, fiction editing, and copy writing. She continues to receive positive feedback and repeat work. Her subject knowledge covers IT, business, the social sciences and the arts. In addition to IT work and editing, she designs and edits newsletters and brochures on a voluntary basis for an American animal rescue society. Outside of work, her time is taken up with her small menagerie of animals including alpacas, sheep, cats, dogs, chooks and parrots.
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Mendi Blue
A graduate of Harvard College, Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, Mendi has significant experience with academic writing. In addition, she has served as a university admissions advisor and career counselor for more than 5 years. In these roles, Mendi has done extensive editing of admissions essays, personal statements, cover letters and resumes. Having been employed in both the public and private sectors, including work in financial services, information technology, management consulting and legal services, Mendi is experienced in writing for business, technical and legal audiences. Mendi is also a former editor of an online finance portal, published poet and winner of several literary awards for creative writing. As a university instructor in management and finance, Mendi is knowledgeable about working with adult learners and greatly enjoys helping students and professionals improve their written communication.
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Peter Stephan
PhD, American Studies, University of New Mexico; MA, English and History, North Texas State University; BS, Electrical Engineering, Southern Methodist University
Pete is a retired English professor and technical writer-editor. His varied educational background has enabled him to work comfortably with documents in a variety of fields.
In the academic world, Pete has taught literature, technical writing, composition, and computer documentation. He has published articles and has given presentations at professional society meetings.
In the world of work, Pete has worked for government contractors to the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Bureau of Land Management. He has edited environmental impact statements and assessments. He has developed online documentation and edited extensive reports for human exposure studies. And he has written user guides and other documentation for custom-developed software.
As an independent consultant, Pete has taught seminars in technical writing, business writing, and grammar both in government agencies and in industry. He received recognition from the Society for Technical Communication for a maintenance and operation manual he wrote for a complex equipment installation.
As a freelance editor, he has edited term papers and reports, theses and dissertations, journal articles and book chapters in architecture, business, education, and social sciences. He has also edited short fiction and novels. Pete’s goal in editing other people’s documents is simple: He wants the author to be able look at the edited document and say, "Yes! That’s just what I wanted to say."
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Philip Michael Brown
PhD, Molecular Biology, University of Southampton, U.K.; BSc, Biochemistry with Pharmacology, University of Southampton, U.K.; MBA, Oxford Brookes University, U.K.
As well as a strong scientific background Philip has over 12 years experience in healthcare, working in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Throughout his career he has published a number of academic research papers and commercially based articles. He has also co-authored an undergraduate text book and several book chapters. Philip has also recently been editing articles for peer reviewed journals.
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