Will Tyler
Editing
- Scholarly copy editor and proofreader experienced in the creation and production of books, journals, catalogs, brochures, and web content with three years of in-house editorial experience.
- Specializes in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and literary criticism. Also familiar with religious studies, politics, and cookbooks, among other subjects.
- Proficient with several publishing styles, including Chicago, MLA, APA, and SBL.
- Graphic design skills and training enhance understanding of publishing, visual layouts, design theory, and typographic principles.
- Able to edit and proofread electronically or by hand.
Select Recent Projects
- Lungs Full of Noise by Tessa Mellas
- The Stalingrad Cauldron: Inside the Encirclement and Destruction of 6th Army by Frank Ellis
- The Road to Chinese Exclusion: The Denver Riot, 1880 Election, and Rise of the West by Liping Zhu
- 365 Women Saints: A Page a Day of Guidance and Inspiration by Melanie Rigney
- Catholicism and Contraception: Having Faith in a Future of Love by Angela Franks, PhD
- Vivid and Continuous by John McNally
- Redstart: An Ecological Poetics by Forrest Gander and John Kinsella
Select Clients / Employers
- University of Iowa Press
- Franciscan Media
- University Press of Kansas
- Baylor University Press
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Crab Orchard Review
- American Literary Review
Education
- MFA in Creative Writing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale
- MA and BA in English from the University of North Texas
Publications and Awards
- Work published in The Los Angeles Review, Crab Orchard Review, Clackamas Literary Review, and Albatross
- Finalist for a 2010 Ruth Lilly Fellowship
Memberships
- Editorial Freelancers Association
Additional Previous Projects
- Thank You, Sisters: Stories of Women Religious and How They Enrich Our Lives edited by John Feister
- America’s Space Sentinels: DSP Satellites and National Security (2nd ed.) by Jeffrey T. Richelson
- Salt and Light: The Commandments, the Beatitudes, and a Joyful Life by Mark P. Shea
- Tell Everyone I Said Hi by Chad Simpson
- The Everyday Catholic’s Guide to the Liturgy of the Hours by Daria Sockey
- Catholic Update: Guide to the New Evangelization edited by Mary Carol Kendzia
- Catholic Update: Guide to the Bible edited by Mary Carol Kendzia
- Envoy for Christ: 25 Years as a Catholic Apologist by Patrick Madrid
- A 40-Day Spiritual Workout for Catholics by Bob Rice
- Reprinting of St. Francis: A Biography by Omer Englebert
- Would You Date You? by Anthony Buono
- Stories from Up a Country Lane by Evelyn Birkby
- Quick, Said the Bird: Williams, Eliot, Moore, and the Spoken Word by Richard Swigg
- Stumping God: Reagan, Carter, and the Invention of a Political Faith by Andrew P. Hogue
- Power Ballads by Will Boast
- LDS in the USA: Mormonism and the Making of American Culture by Lee Trepanier and Lynita K. Newswander
- Theatre, Community, and Civic Engagement in Jacobean London by Mark Bayer
- The King James Bible and the World It Made, edited by David Lyle Jeffrey
- Evermore: Edgar Allen Poe and the Mystery of the Universe by Harry Lee Poe
- Afterword: Conjuring the Literary Dead, edited by Dale Salwak
- Unbeknownst by Julie Hanson