Leslie Lapides

You need a smart, fast, thorough editor who’s easy to work with. My clients — consultants, executives, marketers, judges, attorneys, writers — say working with me was highly productive, easy and shockingly pleasant.

One of the top business-focused editors in the U.S., I have 30-plus years of editing experience. I was business editor of a major Washington, D.C.-based news service and belonged to the Society of American Business Editors and Writers. I won a group Peabody Award for my editing in 2011 (that’s for online media and broadcasting).

One professional writer I worked with told me, “You are a great editor, smart, fast, professional. Every piece of mine that you touched you made better, in a gentle way without rewriting it.” (Go here for more testimonials.)

I’m collaborative and collegial, but also decisive. I won’t waste your time.

I took three courses in medical terminology and know my way around the AMA Manual of Style.

I can Americanize Canadian content (I’m a dual citizen) and couch your information so it’s more likely a journalist will be interested in writing about it (I was a managing editor). 

I am a member of Editors Canada and have a B.A. in the humanities from the University of Chicago.

Try me — you won’t be sorry.