I have ten years of experience as an editor, and throughout my career I have helped writers shape their narratives into polished works ready for submission.

My editorial style is distinguished by its precision, care, and commitment to discerning the unique requirements of each story. I am driven by the goal to connect writers to their voices and readers to stories.

"When I began working on editing my manuscript with developmental editor Holly Vestad, I felt I had truly arrived in the most capable hands in the publishing industry. Holly’s sensitivity, efficiency, and genuine interest in my story, her guidance, her patience, and her unique ability to make my story flow to engage the reader, never failed to amaze me. Holly played with my manuscript as though she was fine tuning a precious instrument, and she played it so beautifully, I hope the world will want to listen."

Susan Blacklin, co-founder of Safe Drinking Water Foundation and author of Water Confidential: A Memoir about First Nations’ Drinking Water and Justice Denied

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I acknowledge that I live and work in Tiohtià:ke, the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation, which I recognize as the custodian of these lands and waters. Today, Tiohtià:ke is home to many, including a diverse urban community of Indigenous Peoples.