Niches: fantasy, science fiction, historical fiction, horror

Hi there! I’m Dr Andrew Hodges, the owner of an editorial business called The Narrative Craft.

I work primarily with indie and traditionally published authors on fiction manuscripts for publication.

My expertise is in worldbuilding and setting, and so SFF and historical fiction are the genres I work in most of all. I’m also interested in cultural considerations when crafting stories, and in how universal or culture-bound various patterns of stories are.

I especially love giving editorial feedback in these areas.

Before I became a book editor, I worked as a cultural anthropologist in the UK, Germany, and Croatia. I gained a PhD in social anthropology from the University of Manchester (2013), and I have a degree in the history of science from the University of Cambridge (2005).

I completed my editorial training with the EFA, CIEP, and PTC and have trained in fiction developmental editing, line-editing, copyediting, and proofreading.

I also write short stories and novels. Ask me about my current work in progress – a subterranean social SF novel.

You can find more on my training and credentials here.

Check out my author website too.