Jenny Bartoy
artful editor
Jenny Bartoy is the editor of No Contact: 28 Writers on Family Estrangement (Catapult, April 2026). Her literary work appears in Under the Gum Tree, Room, and the anthologies Sharp Notions: Essays from the Stitching Life and Labor of Love: A Literary Mama Anthology, among other publications. She frequently interviews authors and reviews books for The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Chicago Review of Books, CrimeReads, The Rumpus, and other outlets. Jenny is the former managing editor of Literary Mama and Quiltfolk magazine and the former editorial manager for Artful Editor. Based in Tacoma, Washington, she freelances as a developmental editor and writing instructor.
services
manuscript critique
developmental editing
line editing
writing coaching
agent query & synopsis review
book proposal review
beta reading
website & blog editing
project management for self-publishing authors
genres
literary fiction, commercial/upmarket fiction, contemporary realist fiction, mystery & crime, women’s fiction, thriller, speculative fiction, young adult
memoir, creative nonfiction, craft/DIY/how-to books, website & blog copy
