Patricia MacDonald

I have 20-plus years of experience editing biographies, general interest books, textbooks, and fiction. Although my niche is sports, I enjoy working in other areas as well.

My kinesiology degree gives me an ideal background for editing books about sports and the health sciences. Areas of experience include hockey, figure skating, the Olympics, baseball, football, tennis, volleyball, anatomy, yoga, athletic training, biomechanics, exercise physiology, exercise management, nutrition, sport psychology, and sport sociology. I have an excellent grasp of English grammar and usage, a sharp eye for detail, and the ability to meet a deadline.

Other interests: music, humour, animals, Atlantic provinces, Canadian history

Comments About My Work

Patricia, thanks for correcting my errors. (Jeremy Roenick, retired NHL player)

Just a quick note to say thank you so much for your excellent work. You made some excellent catches, posed insightful and tactfully phrased queries, and just generally handled things in such a thorough, supportive and efficient way. (senior managing editor of a Canadian publishing company)

I wanted to let you know that you did a very nice job on this copyedit—and I’ve worked with a few. I very much enjoyed working with you on this project: you independently checked facts, worked up an excellent style sheet, and went line by line through the manuscript. You flagged issues I had forgotten about when I was making my last writing of the manuscript. You are obviously talented at what you do. (author of the biography of a sea captain)