Here’s what editors and authors have to say about Deri Reed’s work:

Thank you so much for all that you have put into this book.  I’ve had nothing but compliments from the author and Sur La Table reviewer.

—Lane Butler, Andrews McMeel Publishing, on Deri’s copyedit of Sur La Table’s The Art and Soul of Baking, winner of the 2009 IACP baking cookbook award, nominated for the James Beard baking award, and Gourmet’s October 2008 Cookbook Club selection. .

Some feedback on your work for Mediterranean Harvest by Martha Rose Shulman: In a word, excellent! You worked with the food editor, inhouse editor, and me to incorporate ever-changing tweaks to style and text, and added valued input where there were styling questions. Your grasp of the “big picture” really helped to move this project along, and I’m confident that we’ll have a clean first pass due largely to your efforts. Thanks for doing a great job. I look forward to throwing more challenges your way.

—Lois Hazel, project editor, Rodale Books

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Thank you so much for your staggeringly thorough copyedit of my Veggie Burgers manuscript. I’m so grateful for the oversights/errors you caught—and generally just grateful for how much you improved the entire thing!

—Lukas Volger, author, Veggie Burgers Every Which Way (The Experiment)

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This book was definitely overwhelming, and it makes me so grateful you were willing to tackle such a beast. I want to tell you how very pleased I was with your level of edit, your  queries, and your attention to detail. I am really happy we were able to work together on this project, and I think the book will be much better off for it. You have a great eye and don’t let anything get by you!

—Rachelle Longé, project editor, Sasquatch Books, on Deri’s copyedit of Asian Grandmothers Cookbook by Pat Tanumihardja.

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I’m extremely impressed with your work and want to thank you for the time/energy/hard work you’ve put into the book.

—Matthew Lore, former VP executive editor, Da Capo Press, on Deri’s copyedit of Totally Vegetarian by Toni Fiori
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A quick note of thanks for the great editing job you did on our latest cookbook, Confetti Cakes for Kids.

—Elisa Strauss, author, owner of Confetti Cakes, on Deri’s copyedit of Confetti Cakes for Kids (Little, Brown)

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