Amy Carbo is the founder and senior editor of Deft Edits®. She has several years’ writing and editing experience, including at newspapers and websites. She edits and proofreads fiction and nonfiction books for imprints at Macmillan, Penguin Random House, Tyndale, and others. She also works on educational curricula, travel articles, research papers, and fundraising and marketing materials, and has even ghostwritten for episodic audiobooks.
Amy graduated from the UC San Diego copyediting 
program and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Photography and English from the University of Saint Francis. She is a member of ACES, EFA, and SCBWI-L.A., where she volunteers as co-editor of the blog Kite Tales. She has also served as a mentor with WriteGirl and on the board of Seen&Heard; both are nonprofits focused on developing creativity and life skills for youth in Los Angeles.
In her free time, Amy enjoys reading (of course), writing, gardening, and spending time outdoors and going on adventures with her family and her best (canine) friend, Arthur.
These are some of the books we’ve been proud to edit or proofread over the past few years…
Being Deft requires learning, growth, and keeping up with current knowledge on changes in language and more. Some courses, training, or educational breakout sessions Amy has participated in include:
Some of Amy’s favorite books on the business of writing and editing include:
