Jenny Bartoy

artful editor

Jenny Bartoy is a French American writer, developmental editor, and critic. She’s the editor of No Contact: Writers on Estrangement (Catapult, 2026). Her work appears in several anthologies and publications such as The Boston Globe, The Seattle Times, Under the Gum Tree, Room, Chicago Review of Books, CrimeReads, and The Rumpus, among others. She holds a master's degree from Columbia University and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

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


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